Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Uncultured: A Memoir by Daniella Mestyanek Young

10 reviews

oriad313's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Xenophobia, War, Violence, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Gore, Incest, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

kirstym25's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, War, and Rape

Moderate: Islamophobia, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts

twinadam's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

5.0

Daniella’s story is heartbreaking, inspiring, and beautifully told. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in group psychology and how it affects a person’s identity. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and War

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Medical content

idontread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

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

scoobygirl93's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Adult/minor relationship

amberinbookland's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicide attempt, Rape, Sexual violence, War, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Medical content, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Child abuse, and Religious bigotry

thesk3tch's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

mondovertigo's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Gaslighting, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, War, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Cancer, Racism, Self harm, and Trafficking

Minor: Miscarriage and Abortion

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

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

Minor: Torture

chaoticnostalgia's review against another edition

inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

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

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