Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Uncultured by Daniella Mestyanek Young

42 reviews

sakisreads's review

As interested as I am in cults and in the worshipping of certain leaders, this book unfortunately did not engage me at all. I felt myself completely disengaging throughout; I think the content was interesting but the delivery fell flat. Since it is on my Audible forever, I might come back to it, but for now I have to mark it as DNF. Sorry 😫

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Pedophilia

julschapman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Infidelity, Islamophobia, Sexual assault, Suicide, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Medical content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Colonisation, Grief, Gun violence, Lesbophobia, Murder, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Rape, Abandonment, Racial slurs, and Terminal illness

daphnehumming's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

3.75

I found the army portions to be more engaging. I am curious of what she has to say about good versus bad leadership. It’s well written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, War, Death, Racial slurs, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Eating disorder, Religious bigotry, Pedophilia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Islamophobia, Rape, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Sexual violence, Sexism, Misogyny, and Domestic abuse

gotta_grow_up's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.5

This was a very difficult read as the content can be very heavy at times but overall this was an amazing and enlightening story of self discovery, perseverance and the dangers of group behaviour in any form. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, War, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Torture

Moderate: Blood, Incest, Abandonment, and Domestic abuse

There is disturbing descriptions about assult, abuse, rape and overall life in cults (both religious and not). These descriptions include extreme harm done to children in these scenarios (this harm was at times sexual in nature). As well as the life long repercussions and continued impacts of that trauma. Depictions of systemic sexism and abuse, as well as suicidal ideation.

allisonh59's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

mar253's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Islamophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, War, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Incest and Violence

aisheidary's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Incest, Sexism, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Religious bigotry, and War

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

bsimmonds's review against another edition

2.0

This story is important, heartbreaking, and worthwhile. Also, the writing is repetitive, with sentences from the previous paragraph repeated in a different word order... throughout the entire book. Somehow, it's still hard to follow despite the constant reminders to the reader. Overall, it's a valuable and unique perspective distracted by the writing itself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Cancer, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Lesbophobia, Confinement, Sexual violence, Violence, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Rape, Medical trauma, Incest, Pregnancy, and War