Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Uncultured: A Memoir by Daniella Mestyanek Young

11 reviews

shermansays's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, and War

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Blood, and Child death

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

melodranna's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Violence, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Pedophilia

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

eoblack's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This book was so good. As a fellow female veteran, who  experienced the Army around the same time as the author, so much of her experience rang true. It’s both disappointing and comforting to hear that other women had such similar experiences.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, War, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Rape, and Misogyny

Moderate: Death

Minor: Pregnancy

eruby's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.75

Of all the cult and fundie memoirs I've been reading and listening to recently, this one is unique because half of it is about her experience in the U.S. Army after leaving the fucked up cult she grew up in. Her insights about programming, group think, propaganda, and us vs. them mentality are interesting, but the biggest similarity she drew between CoG and the Army is the way men control and manipulate women. I found this to be a super interesting and unique perspective on group organization. Overall, a very good cult memoir, but I would warn that the child abuse, pedophilia, and sexual abuse is especially bad in this book even for a cult memoir. Children of God is a particularly heinous cult when it comes to child abuse and pedophilia. Look up Ricky Rodriguez for a horrifying example.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

Moderate: War, Islamophobia, Xenophobia, Racism, Suicide attempt, and Racial slurs

alite428's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Xenophobia, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Islamophobia, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and War

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

lestie4short's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Cursing, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Mental illness, Infidelity, Grief, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer

iamnita's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

Got this book as an ARC. Big thank you to St Martin’s Press.

This story was told largely chronological through her childhood with both her childhood understanding as well as her adult understanding at times. There were instances where I wish we’d delved deeper into bits and pieces of interest instead of glossing over, and we went deep into details I thought could have been glossed over.
Also, after she gets out, the story moves very very fast until it goes slowly through her military career which to me could have a follow-up book as it’s an important topic of its own. While I saw small strands of bringing it back to her former cult life - it wasn’t enough for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Sexism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt