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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
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Jill Dillard does a fantastic job sharing her story. Knowing the Duggers i was apprehensive the first few chapters, as she spends some time highlighting the good in her family. And to be honest I didnt start listening to this book expecting or hoping for that. Which is a helpful reminder to be mindful about how I engage with media, especially auto biographical. This book contains an important perspective, not only Jill as a person but as a woman healing and growing out of the christian fundamentalist mindset and guilt. At the same time she is very insightful that God is not in the wounds caused by the IBLP or any other "christian" institution. But He is instrumental in the healing and critical examination of her story and many others. Excellent book! And the audio book being read by Jill herself makes it appropriately intimate and makes a unique space to feel so much empathy for her and her family. Very inspiring read.
I honestly have never kept up with the Duggar story much but read that this memoir had good reviews. Overall, listening on audio I liked hearing it from her voice and it was interesting while driving to and from work. She does a nice job of explaining how she formed her own opinions surrounding the ideals she was raised under and how she has transformed herself. I felt it got a bit long at times and maybe just could’ve been more concise.
Nonfiction, specifically memoirs, is usually a genre I avoid giving a rating as it doesn't feel appropriate to rate a person's experience. Although I've made the decision to rate this one as it only felt right for me to do so when my mind was screaming for me to give it 5 stars.
Jill's experiences from being a child raised in front of the whole world through reality TV and her distorted view of religion and her own personal journey with faith, clothing, and family due to the IBLP's cult teachings, is suffocating to learn about in her own words. How it effected her self-esteem, mental health, and perception of the world around her.
I got chills when listening to her read what she wrote about the retraumatization she went through when it was illegally released that her brother had sexually abused her and her sisters as children.
I do wish Jill talked about the tweet(s) Derick had made while they were still on Counting On, and address the hateful nature of them.
Jill's experiences from being a child raised in front of the whole world through reality TV and her distorted view of religion and her own personal journey with faith, clothing, and family due to the IBLP's cult teachings, is suffocating to learn about in her own words. How it effected her self-esteem, mental health, and perception of the world around her.
I got chills when listening to her read what she wrote about the retraumatization she went through when it was illegally released that her brother had sexually abused her and her sisters as children.
I do wish Jill talked about the tweet(s) Derick had made while they were still on Counting On, and address the hateful nature of them.
2 big truths from this book:
life is thorns and roses
&
“you have to be okay with people not being okay with you”
life is thorns and roses
&
“you have to be okay with people not being okay with you”
As someone that was raised heavily religious. I related some to this book. I hate that The Duggar kids went through this. This shows exactly what fame can do to a family. And also how not to handle certain situations as a parent.
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emotional
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