118 reviews for:

The Community

N. Jamiyla Chisholm

3.51 AVERAGE

christinamoore's review

3.0

slow-paced

taylorsimon's review

4.25

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

greyt_things's review

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

elise_love's review

3.0

emotional reflective fast-paced

abbyf's review

2.25

slow-paced

moreads14's review

2.5

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Physical abuse

farfromginger's review

3.25

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

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While the books description is a little misleading, this is still an interesting retelling of escape, growth, family trauma, and cultural challenges. While some of the story is questionable (why does the author have such vivid and unquestionable memories from just 2 years old?) the insights into the mess of families and the twisted web we weave trying to build community are poignant. I enjoyed the authors conversational tone but the ending fell flat and false for me. 

natalie10224's review

3.0

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

g_unit_lol's review

4.0

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Thanks for the giveaway. I enjoyed reading this book a lot. It was not what I expected but reading about a cult and how it shaped the life of the author was impactful. I would be interested to read more about the cult and the leader or more perspectives, but from what the author stated at the beginning it seems like most people are against speaking up about things that occurred or are worried about repercussions.

chelsea21194's review

3.75

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced