Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

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

10 reviews

jackslackofshelfcontrol's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Sexism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Self harm, and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Violence, Medical content, Chronic illness, Ableism, and Suicide attempt

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

annajoyreed93's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, and Religious bigotry

technicolorlady's review against another edition

informative sad tense

3.75

Hello darkness (religious trauma) my old friend.

Had peak anxiety reading about her hematologic illnesses and the extreme neglect her family had for her then and always. As expected from a religious extremist cult memoir, this is a tough read.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Medical content, Emotional abuse, and Religious bigotry

moonwitch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Abandonment, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide attempt, 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