Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult by Michelle Dowd

11 reviews

marym419's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Medical trauma, Pedophilia, and Rape

babyfacedoldsoul's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

5.0

This book was really intense and I definitely recommend checking out the content warnings. It was extremely well done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Medical content, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

Minor: Cancer

kelanor's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Religious bigotry, Eating disorder, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Abandonment

growintogardens's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Sexism, and Abandonment

peachy_dreamy's review

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Chronic illness, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Rape

erinsampson91's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, and Chronic illness

Minor: Death of parent, Car accident, and Adult/minor relationship

nodalec's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

Listened to this as an audiobook, and it was an incredible story. It's a rough read, the amount of abuse is pretty high, so check the content warnings if you're worried. Recommended reading if you're going through a cult-reading phase.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

mouse42's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

I don’t read a ton of nonfiction but cults always fascinate me. I can’t help but feel for her throughout her challenging life and am glad she was able to get the help she needed to recover and share this beautiful story with us. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Abandonment

theinkdarksea's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Sexual assault

chovereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense

wowwowowow this book was a wild ride. if you have religious and family trauma, tread carefully. fascinating and beautifully written and well worth the read if you can tolerate it.

the writing style and timeline was a bit confusing, I will say. sometimes it would jump around and I think it was intentional but I wasn’t sure at times where we were in the story. I loved the way she wrote from the POV of her child self — very matter of fact, telling us what she thought, what she was told, not interlacing her freed adult self into the writing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Chronic illness, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, and Violence