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Remembering Satan: A Tragic Case of Recovered Memory by Lawrence Wright
6 reviews
mformato's review
2.0
I didn't grow up in the 80s, I wasn't even born then. But just the idea that all across America hundreds, if not thousands, of people lead these secret blood cults where they murdered babies (WHERE TF WERE THESE BABIES COMING FROM?! HOW DID NOBODY NOTICE ANY MISSING BABIES OR PREGNANT WOMEN?! It is such BS) and raped women and children sickens me. Not because of the heinous acts that are being claimed, but the fact the people are so stupid to think that shit actually happened and that "trauma repressed the memories of those invovled"?? Come on.
I have no idea what happened to the Ingram women, but I highly doubt any of their stories of ritualistic abuse is true. Somehow they are fucked in the head enough to create these stories and I do feel bad if they ever actually did experience any sexual assault but goddamn, how the hell did anyone believe them?
I also disliked how the book was written. So much little details were given like an omniscient narrator in a fiction novel.
Shoutout to Dr. Richard Ofshe for being the only creditable person in this whole mess.
I wouldn't want to recommend this book, but I am curious what people who have actually studied psychology (especially in relation to memories and/or criminal investigations) have to say about this.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
no1coelocanthfan's review
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Abortion
emory's review
I did not know that the concept of repression itself was so contentious; I had assumed only hypnosis-based recovered memories were what was under fire at the time. The examination of this method of psychological understanding was very concise and thought-provoking.
The writing was at once intelligent and easy to follow. The amount of care and research put into creating this account are very apparent.
On a very personal note, even if most of these accounts of abuse appear to have been entirely fabricated false memories or wholesale lies originating from a comedy of investigative errors, quite a few of them did leave me shaken and disgusted. At a certain point I had to start skimming or skipping them entirely, as they contained a level of detail I couldn't stomach. Adds to the completelt bizarre feeling that this whole event is steeped in.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Excrement, Cannibalism, Abortion, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Antisemitism
While the book is deconstructing these accounts of abuse as false memories or fantastical stories, they are still deeply upsetting to imagine, and quite a few are presented in their entirety. Very difficult to read.martynabrzana's review against another edition
2.75
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Cannibalism, Abortion, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
velarin's review against another edition
3.25
If the focus of the book was to study the reaction of the public (which, as it often does, immediately jumped on the train of taking sides, glamorization and parapsychology) rather than shaky theories on repressing and fabricating memories, I’d rate it higher.
Also - way too much of Freud.
Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault
boothsm's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Infidelity