Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Breaking Free: How I Escaped My Father-Warren Jeffs-Polygamy, and the FLDS Cult by Rachel Jeffs

12 reviews

pomegranate_muse's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

mirandahems's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

i liked hearing the story from first person perspective 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Cancer, Miscarriage, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

pearlisarobot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

pernillelsk's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Police brutality

chloesbooked's review against another edition

5.0

This woman could be one of the bravest women to share her story for the world. Rachel Jeffs, one of the many daughters of Warren Jeffs, shares her story of surviving and leaving the manipulative church known as the FLDS. She was abused as a child, then forced into a marriage. She then endured more pain at the hands of her father, the leader of the FLDS church, even after his arrest. Her bravery and resilience was inspiring to say the least!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

lignjahal's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

4.5/5.0

I find this autobiography to be a stunningly honest reflection on surviving abuse, a cult, and the trauma that comes with it. The audiobook is greatly benefitted by having the author read the book. There is no hiding away from Warren Jeff’s’ actions and the impacts he had with Rachel Blackmore’s words and tones. Her prayer for her family at the end of the book hits hard, but I hope it continues to reach her family until the FLDS is gone forever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Abortion, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

erinwolf1997's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cancer, Confinement, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

tkivlen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

sgrizzle's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

4.0

This had been on my list for a while as I’ve had a morbid curiosity about the FLDS for years. I’ve read a couple of other memoirs, but watching the docuseries on Netflix and Discovery Plus both funnily enough called Keep Sweet, I was ready to start this book by one of Warren Jeff’s own children. (Side note: the two docuseries are really different but good complements actually. Watch the Netflix one first for the overall info, then the Discovery Plus one to find out more about actual life there and what is happening now.)

The abuse laid out in this story is horrific and graphic. It is not an easy read at all and I give strong content warnings to anyone who finds reading about child abuse difficult. As an outsider it is so hard to understand why people stay in a life like this, but Rachel does a good job of showing how the total indoctrination keeps everyone literally terrified for their souls. Writing-wise, it can be hard to follow all of the names of people here, there are just so many siblings and cousins and leaders and etc. But that’s a by-product of polygamy I guess lol. The constant moving was also confusing- a map with place names might have been useful.

Overall if you are interested in the FLDS this first-person account is a vital resource, but just know that Warren Jeffs is evil in literally every single way possible and singularly focused on destroying his followers. The strength of those who break free is truly inspiring.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Religious bigotry

linddykal's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Gaslighting