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corsetedfeminist 's review for:
Gay the Pray Away
by Natalie Naudus
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book is a love story, first and foremost, a love story to deconstruction and leaving a Christian cult.
It’s a story of a girl raised in a vaguely-veiled-for-legal-purposes AU of the Institute of Basic Life Principles who sneaks a gay book from the library, which leads her to deconstruct her beliefs and eventually run away with a girl she met while in the cult.
The story probably won’t mean much to people who didn’t grow up in a very strict religious home, but for those of us who did it’s a very cathartic, healing story about the power of reading and taking back your personal autonomy. The romance is very sweet and empowering, and the description of the main character realizing her crush are very precious and relatable.
Unfortunately more relatable is the portrayal of the girl’s family and especially the relationship with and between her parents, especially in the subtle loving bombing and then openly emotionally abusive and extremely controlling father.
All in all, it’s a very healing, cathartic story for those of us who lived this life, and perhaps an education for those who didn’t and want to know what it feels like to come out of the fog of a cult like this
It’s a story of a girl raised in a vaguely-veiled-for-legal-purposes AU of the Institute of Basic Life Principles who sneaks a gay book from the library, which leads her to deconstruct her beliefs and eventually run away with a girl she met while in the cult.
The story probably won’t mean much to people who didn’t grow up in a very strict religious home, but for those of us who did it’s a very cathartic, healing story about the power of reading and taking back your personal autonomy. The romance is very sweet and empowering, and the description of the main character realizing her crush are very precious and relatable.
Unfortunately more relatable is the portrayal of the girl’s family and especially the relationship with and between her parents, especially in the subtle loving bombing and then openly emotionally abusive and extremely controlling father.
All in all, it’s a very healing, cathartic story for those of us who lived this life, and perhaps an education for those who didn’t and want to know what it feels like to come out of the fog of a cult like this
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Religious bigotry
Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism