Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Uncultured: A Memoir by Daniella Mestyanek Young

20 reviews

azurae's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction and Transphobia

miekss's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

A shocking and tough read. An autobiography told with so much honesty and raw detail that makes you feel as if you’re sat down beside the author listening to the recount of her life. An interesting parallel of similarities between her life born into a cult and her life in the military, with a heavy emphasis on the experience of being woman. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Sexual harassment, and War

idontread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Islamophobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

marjshopes's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Islamophobia, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, War, and Injury/Injury detail

thesk3tch's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

raquelcanread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

rachreads925's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.25

Its hard to judge someone's memoir, since its their life. But I will tell you, if you want to really learn about what it is like to grow up in The Children of God - this isn't the book. "Sex Cult Nun" is another memoir of someone who grew up in the group, and is more focused on the experience of growing up in that particular cult / group. Daniella's childhood comprises the first half of the book or so but there is so much that seems to be glossed over, and what is there isn't necessarily told with a lot of detail. The author in my opinion has sanitized her memories in order to shape how she's viewed by readers, while acknowledging mistakes she made only when its acceptable for her to do so. But what this book does well is talk about how group think happens, and comparing cult life to military life. The way both groups shape their members with indoctrination, isolate them, and place high demands on them. Ultimately it gets a 3 star rating from me due to the slow pace, lack of honesty in some places, and just not being super compelling.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death, Self harm, Xenophobia, Medical content, and War

Minor: Torture

chaoticnostalgia's review against another edition

inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Homophobia, Incest, Racial slurs, Slavery, Islamophobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Pregnancy

rhiannonafternoon's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

A window into what it’s like to live inside both a religious extremist cult (Children of God) and a socially acceptable group with cult-like traits (The US Army). The author does the difficult job of reliving these experiences to share how her traumas followed her through life, and her strength to keep going. Very moving, and so heartbreaking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

matthewsalibi's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Trafficking, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and War