Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

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

17 reviews

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

kaylinvm94's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

alite428's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

lelyreads's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Grief, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Infertility, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, and Car accident

lcdavenport's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Abandonment

crownofsage's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

2.75

I fell bad giving a memoir such a low  rating, but the rating is of the book and quality of writing, NOT of her life story. The story itself was compelling and consistently horrifying. However, the style of writing was very dry and boring to me. Sometimes the monotony seemed to play into the content of the book (endless days where fun, affection, games, etc were banned and life was endless chores and loneliness). But most of the book was a struggle to get through. 

In addition, the first ~80 pages of the book contains fairly graphic CSA content about the author and her father. It’s an important part of the story for sure, but I felt like this section (many chapters) was uncomfortably long, and not particularly well written either. 

Overall, I drudged through trying to get to the end to see her talk about what life was like after escaping. I was very disappointed to see that the book ends only a couple short pages after her escape and doesn’t get into her recovery or growth from that point forward at all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Incest, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail