Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'
The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption by Kathryn Joyce
2 reviews
nquinlan's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
sad
slow-paced
3.0
Overall, a necessary and widely reported expose on some of the harms of unchecked adoption which I’m glad to have read but I found myself wishing for a slightly different telling.
At times the book masterfully connected individual stories to larger trends and at times it missed the mark only telling an individual story when it seemingly wanted to show it as a trend.
At times I found myself wishing it did more to connect some of the actions to wider movements on the religious right like The Quiverfull movement or IBLP, both only recieve passing mention though their movements are also felt throughout.
The writer has a strong perspective and at times I found it got in the way when they’d have an excess of credulity for claims supporting their argument, would often take correlation to mean causation, or would make implications because one person was connected to the other.
In the end, the book was a great looks at some really seedy and difficult parts of unethical adoption and took a wide lens to help the reader explore it.
At times the book masterfully connected individual stories to larger trends and at times it missed the mark only telling an individual story when it seemingly wanted to show it as a trend.
At times I found myself wishing it did more to connect some of the actions to wider movements on the religious right like The Quiverfull movement or IBLP, both only recieve passing mention though their movements are also felt throughout.
The writer has a strong perspective and at times I found it got in the way when they’d have an excess of credulity for claims supporting their argument, would often take correlation to mean causation, or would make implications because one person was connected to the other.
In the end, the book was a great looks at some really seedy and difficult parts of unethical adoption and took a wide lens to help the reader explore it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation, Child abuse, and Trafficking
Moderate: Abandonment
Minor: Abortion, War, Violence, and Genocide
sarahshapiro's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
This is an incredibly well-researched book about the world of American Evangelical adoption, especially international adoption. It is fascinating and critical.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, and Colonisation
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