Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Don't Call It a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of Nxivm by Sarah Berman

7 reviews

taliaissmart's review against another edition

exploitation is obviously never funny. BUT (bear with me) convincing people that they were nazis in a past life, and that the only way to atone for it is to sleep with you, is actually very hilarious.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Misogyny, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Suicidal thoughts

valzsc's review against another edition

dark informative tense medium-paced

3.75

After listening to a few podcasts through the years, I thought I knew some things about NXIVM but I was wrong.

I love the way the story was told by the author. The fact that it is not written chronologically made it a lot more engaging, letting you know a little bit by bit until you get to the full story of each individual she interviewed or had context of.

As this story is really sad and dark, I don’t think it’s a book I would go back to (nor sooner, nor later). It is dark, twisted, and I feel bad for all the things these women went through. Really bad. 

Overall, storytelling is great, it is engaging and entertaining and the story is heartbreaking. If you want to add to the mix you can also watch the show, it’s called The Vow, so you get the audiovisual experience (also getting to know more of Nancy Salzman’s side of the story, whom I think is not mentioned a lot on this book)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Bullying, Kidnapping, Violence, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

mondovertigo's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Confinement, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Trafficking, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Abortion and Pregnancy

Minor: Self harm, Cancer, and Suicidal thoughts

growintogardens's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexual content, Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Deportation, Torture, Child abuse, Cursing, Abortion, Death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

Minor: Alcohol and Cancer

winnifred's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Abandonment, Sexism, Fatphobia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

Moderate: Slavery, Stalking, Trafficking, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

Minor: Pregnancy and Alcohol

devynvictoria's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.5

Definitely a heavy read, it took me a little over a month to get through. Very informative, interesting— and it is terrifying at times to know that these things really happened to these women. Please check the content warnings before starting to read this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Body shaming, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Abortion, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, and Self harm

clarabooksit's review against another edition

dark emotional informative medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexism, Trafficking, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Torture, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Self harm, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Confinement, Child abuse, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, and Abandonment