Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Heretic by Jeanna Kadlec

9 reviews

binevolentbookworm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

i am grateful for people like jeanna kadlec who have found the words for their experiences and put them to pen and paper. heretic maybe isn't required, but certainly highly recommended, reading for anyone who has a complicated relationship with having grown up in organized religion and coming to terms with a late in life discovered queer identity. for me, much of kadlec's experience wasn't a direct reflection of my own baptist upbringing, but there were still mirrored moments that were powerful to read and know exist in another's story. 

if you haven't yet read hijab butch blues, this memoir is great companion material, and vice versa and the audiobooks for each are read reverently. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Body shaming and Alcohol

firedoor11's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse and Rape

jkamler's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry

pmhandley's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.75

I've read a few books on the topic of ex-vangelicals/deconstruction, and the writing quality is typically a bit iffy. Not in Heretic. It shows that Kadlec studied literature because she is just so good at really describing her experiences, you feel them too. You feel her pain. You feel her new freedom. Definitely a must-read if you are into exposing fundie stuff. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Rape

Minor: Domestic abuse

emfass's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Withholding further thoughts until HarperCollins reaches an agreement with the union.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Bullying, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Fatphobia, Sexual content, Mass/school shootings, and Abortion

elnelson's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Grief, Abortion, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

bi_n_large's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Racism, Transphobia, and Xenophobia

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

onewoman_bookclub's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Rape

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.25

Thanks to Harper Books for the free advance copy of this book.

 

• HERETIC is part memoir, part examination of how evangelical culture and beliefs have impacted every part of American life.
  
  
• I didn't grow up in a specifically evangelical church, but having been a teenager in church/America in the 1990s-2000s, all this stuff was simply in the air, and reading this book felt both enlightening and cathartic.
  
  
• I also appreciated that this book touched on how hard it can be to find community outside churches in this country, and Kadlec's search for both welcoming congregations and secular fellowship.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol