Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

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

22 reviews

keholmes's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual assault

chaoticenby's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, and Medical trauma

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: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment

Minor: Cancer

kelanor's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Abandonment

growintogardens's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Abandonment

peachy_dreamy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

erinsampson91's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, and Death of parent

nodalec's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

Listened to this as an audiobook, and it was an incredible story. It's a rough read, the amount of abuse is pretty high, so check the content warnings if you're worried. Recommended reading if you're going through a cult-reading phase.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

thehungrylittlebookworm'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: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, 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: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual assault and Religious bigotry