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Scarred: The True Story of How I Escaped Nxivm, the Cult That Bound My Life by Sarah Edmondson
3 reviews
leslie_overbookedsocialworker's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
Graphic: Medical trauma
Moderate: Confinement, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Bullying, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, and Toxic relationship
greyt_things's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Trafficking
sakisreads's review
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
2.5
I’d never heard about the NXIVM cult before, but this story let me into a lot of insight 😳 Sarah Edmondson includes so many moments in which she knew there was something off-putting about the cult. However, her idolisation made her invest copious amounts of time, money and energy into it.
The way it was written was a little frustrating for me (e.g. it could be very flowery in some areas and matter-of-fact in others), but it also did really make me want to go and research the cult in its entirety. There was/is so much more than meets the eye 👀
I think I’m going to give this a 2.5 out of 5 stars. For me, the writing didn’t appeal, but the topic itself was hard not to want to know about.
The trigger warnings are included in the content warnings below. Thank you ✨
Graphic: Bullying, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Slavery
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