Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Jesus Land: A Memoir by Julia Scheeres

7 reviews

savreads28's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Addiction, Rape, Incest, Racism, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

The writing is good, but there are far too many detailed descriptions of abuse. As the author is a survivor of indescribable abuse, I understand her need to process this and put it in her book. That being said, it’s too much for me to handle.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Rape, Racism, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Child abuse, and Bullying

Moderate: Fatphobia and Cursing

Minor: Blood

lmshearer's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

This is one of the best memoirs I've read in a while. A clear story told well, I read this in an afternoon and look forward to seeking out more works by this author.

If you're reading a later edition, please skip the Prologue, as it has spoilers. The copy I had was from the first run, but I had been warned ahead of time to steer clear. Please also check the content warnings before reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Racism, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Animal death, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Self harm

coversofceilidh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Racism, Rape, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Death, Car accident, Bullying, Alcoholism, and Abandonment

leslie_overbookedsocialworker's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Self harm, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, and Rape

Minor: Antisemitism

bowmand11's review

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Alcoholism

keatynbergsten's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

What an incredible book, it was heavy and a slower read for the length because of that but the story she tells in the afterward written in 2012 years after the first edition was published that shows how her telling of her and her brothers story helped to change the course of many other's lives going forward due to a community effort to close the reform school her and her brother were sent to was inspiring.  It was heartbreaking to see how her parents incredibly conservative beliefs led to so much overt racism and oppression, but incredible to see how her and her brother made each other family where it mattered  and to see how her and her brother made lives for themselves after the extreme circumstances their parents subjected them too, even if her brothers life was cut short by his car accident.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Racism, Racial slurs, Rape, Physical abuse, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, and Car accident