Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Uncultured by Daniella Mestyanek Young

9 reviews

espressoreads's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

This book was compelling and impressive. Daniella is such a fighter and inspires me with her tale of grit. I was a little put off by how often d*ke was thrown around in this book…but I trust the author after she talks about meeting Obama shortly after Don’t Ask Don’t tell was repealed. Good read!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, War, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Islamophobia and Homophobia

fawns's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Incest, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Child abuse, Grief, Pedophilia, and Racial slurs

princess_marie's review

emotional inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Child abuse, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Rape, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, War, and Sexism

Moderate: Medical trauma, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Minor: Chronic illness, Excrement, Confinement, and Homophobia

dafyddclover's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.75

This book is so intensely personal and is literally what happened to her, so it's difficult to rate, but I think the quality of the story telling is really inconsistent throughout the book. Despite the efforts to create a through line, it felt like two different books, and ultimately glossed over a lot of what I would have been more interested in about her pist-cult life in favor of relitigating disagreements, telling army stories, and praising the military industrial complex even as she calls it a cult. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, Child death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Islamophobia, Medical content, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, Sexism, Abandonment, and Body shaming

crybabybea's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Religious bigotry, Child death, Physical abuse, Rape, Alcohol, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Homophobia, Violence, War, Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Incest, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Torture, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

amberinbookland's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicide attempt, Rape, Sexual violence, War, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Medical content, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Child abuse, and Religious bigotry

marjshopes's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Homophobia, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Body shaming, War, Violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Islamophobia, Incest, and Torture

chaoticnostalgia's review against another edition

inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, War, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Islamophobia, Racial slurs, Slavery, Incest, Confinement, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Addiction, Medical content, Pregnancy, Murder, and Chronic illness

noellelovesbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Content Warnings: Child abuse [physical, verbal, sexual], rape [on page], pedophilia, indoctrination, kidnapping, child brides, forced family separation, conditioning, injury [burn], suicidal ideations, racism, toxic relationships, confinement, sexism, depression, homophobia, sexual harassment, war, violence, and death.

I received an ARC, ahead of release, through St Martin's Press through their influencer program. 

Daniella's story is incredibly powerful and inspiring...showing the strength of a woman who's been through so much. As the first memoir, I've ever read it had me extremely emotional and required a few breaks to get through. 

There were so many words that I strongly related to...some that reminded me of my teen years when I couldn't possibly fathom surviving until 18. The idea that I could survive my youth seemed impossible...either my abuser would end me or I'd end myself...I saw no other way. As an adult, I'm incredibly happy that some little tiny voice always told me to keep going no matter how much I tried to drown it out. Other words inspired me and had me wishing I read those words when I was going through my own trauma. 

Incredibly powerful and moving read... everything Daniella experienced and overcame...unimaginable pain and trauma that she endured and persevered through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Violence, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Confinement, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, Death, and Racism

Moderate: Suicide and War