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A review by balletbookworm
Sex Cult Nun by Faith Jones
challenging
dark
fast-paced
4.0
Book 2 from my "read 15 minutes then keep going or yeet" snow day reading.
Now, I thought going in that I might not make it through the book. Because I know what the Children of God preached and it's a giant bucket of ICK. But Jones knows how to craft a compelling narrative - see: lawyer - and it was just so readable. Not in a "omg, look as this batshit nuts cult" way but in her personal story, the growing awareness that something is not "right" and how what she wants (education, freedom of movement, etc) does not square with the Family.
However, there's still all the TW for on-page child abuse, child sex abuse, and rape. So if you want to read, be aware that you can't get around it.
Now, I thought going in that I might not make it through the book. Because I know what the Children of God preached and it's a giant bucket of ICK. But Jones knows how to craft a compelling narrative - see: lawyer - and it was just so readable. Not in a "omg, look as this batshit nuts cult" way but in her personal story, the growing awareness that something is not "right" and how what she wants (education, freedom of movement, etc) does not square with the Family.
However, there's still all the TW for on-page child abuse, child sex abuse, and rape. So if you want to read, be aware that you can't get around it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse
This is a memoir about growing up within the Children of God cult. There is explicit child abuse, sexual abuse, and rape on page. It happened and Jones does not soft-ball it.