Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church by Megan Phelps-Roper

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4.0
challenging reflective slow-paced
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therightprofile's review against another edition

3.0
"Others with stories like mine have shown me repeatedly that the root of Westboro’s ideology—the idea that our beliefs were “the one true way”—is not by any means limited to Westboro members. In truth, that idea is common, widespread, and on display everywhere humans gather, from religious circles to political ones. It gives a comforting sense of certainty, freeing the believer from existential angst and providing a sense of stability—a foundation on which to build a life. But the costs of that certainty can be enormous and difficult to identify. Ultimately, the same quality that makes Westboro so easy to dismiss—its extremism—is also what helps highlight the destructive nature of viewing the world in black and white, the danger of becoming calcified in a position and impervious to change.

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3.5
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jdwrightson's review against another edition

3.0
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jjacobia's review against another edition

2.0
Writing style was hard to follow. The writing would be start in one time period then she would jump ahead to several years later then back again. Dropped the f bomb a few times. Couldn't finish it.
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3.25
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nomomstayandread's review against another edition

3.0
I've listened to the Joe Rogan interview and her TedTalk and I feel like they were both more compelling than this memoir.

I want to believe everyone has the opportunity to change their lives but man is it hard to forgive a lot of the hatred she put out into the world. She seems to focus completely on Steve as the bad guy in her book and I'm curious if that changes anything for her now that he's been excommunicated out of the church.

I wish her well.

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3.0
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ju__liette's review against another edition

3.75
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4.5
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