Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

The House of My Mother by Shari Franke

115 reviews

emilyatoz's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Pregnancy

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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Elements 

Heartfelt-💔💔💔💔💔 
Horror-N/A
Love aka Romance- N/A 
Predictability-N/A 

Spice- N/A 
Tear-😭 😭  😭  😭 
Thrill-N/A
Humor-N/A 

   This book told the heart-wrenching story of Shari's life, how awful her mother Ruby was, how her father Kevin had zero spine, and Jodi's master manipulation of many people. 

     I agree with the author that Ruby was obviously abusive and awful BEFORE Jodi came into the picture, and shouldn't be absolved of blame for her crimes. I'm glad her family is happy with the sentence she got. 

    I think this case shows the true nature of the justice system and how there really are two systems of justice- one for wealthy people, especially if they're white, and one for the rest of us. If a poor person of color had committed these crimes, they'd get a lot more than a minimum of 4 years! 

   As someone with a parent who has been diagnosed with NPD, I have to say, I hope her mother chooses to try to heal her emotional damage, though I doubt it. I also hope that Shari heals from all the emotional trauma she's experienced from her mother and others.

   Overall, this was an interesting book, and I respect the author for not discussing what happened to her siblings in detail, and keeping this memoir about her experience.

Narrator Rating: 4.0 stars

   The narrator did an excellent job of telling her own story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Grief, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Infertility, Forced institutionalization, Mass/school shootings, Pregnancy

Some of the other people's reviews have a few odd content warnings, there is no genocide, child death, slavery, or incest, and there are no graphic depictions of a miscarriage or even pregnancy, or infertility. These are all described in passing as happening to other people.

Grief after a miscarriage is discussed the most. No graphic depictions of torture. I'm assuming the 'slavery' tag is about Ruby making her children do all the housework, and using them in vlogs to make money.

shawshaff's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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Shari does a wonderful job approaching this devastating circumstance with nuance and so much grace. I would have loved some more reflection on how the LDS church (and church in general) enables abuse....and how this isn't a one-off situation, but something that occurs frequently. Unfortunately, she is still practicing so there was no real critique of the powers that be but rather summed up with "men make mistakes" and she continues to "trust god". I digress. Still a compelling story! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

jebrollier's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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I hope this author and her siblings live long, happy, peaceful, private lives.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting

Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry

zedla900's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Abandonment

Moderate: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Sexual harassment

booksandcatsandtea's review against another edition

3.5

emotional reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking

madisonthacker's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Confinement, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Outing

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

criterarywitticism's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abandonment

trionah's review against another edition

4.75

informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment

themoonstarmedium's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

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The fact that this book needed to be written at all is devastating, but with having no power over her childhood story I am SO proud of Shari for sharing HER experiences as an adult, and for respecting the privacy of her minor siblings. Being fairly aware of much of what Shari/her family experienced, I read this book in less than a day; for others it may take longer to read because the content is hopefully unfamiliar and too heavy to breeze through. Hopefully in the future, we will have less of a need for tell-alls such as this one, but for now I'm glad that people like Shari are reclaiming their lives and their stories. Fuck child abusers and fuck those who willingly enable them.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, Gaslighting