Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner

58 reviews

mshigherlearning's review against another edition

informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

susylamb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

This story is hard! Not for the faint of heart! Absolutely sad and disgusting how people can be blinded by a cult and darkness and truth.

A story that needs to be heard to honor the victims and those who have escaped this horror.

Memoirs and stories like this one of Ruth’s captivates me! What resilience and bravery! May each one find true freedom and God’s love as each still is finding his and hers way!

TW: abuse, negligence, suicide, child death, polygamy

💬𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘵:𝘩𝘵𝘵𝘱𝘴://𝘸𝘸𝘸.𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮.𝘤𝘰𝘮/𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴/

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

briannaburks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault

carly_golightly's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

aericsson's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

jeleigh16's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.5

This was a super intense memoir that I don't think I was fully prepared for. I've always been intrigued by stories about cults and cult-like behavior, so I was prepared for that aspect of this story,

but I don't think I was prepared for the intense descriptions of repeated child sexual assault and deaths that occurred in the course of this woman's life.

This is not one to jump into lightly. That being said, it is a thorough, honest, raw look at one person's experience escaping a polygamist cult. A story worth telling for sure. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

lfera8's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia and Sexual assault

lady_n_beautiful_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Sexual assault

kexski69's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Grief, and Religious bigotry

hallie_hey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

4.0

A heartbreaking story and an eye-opening account of the abuse that thrives in Mormon fundamentalism. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Death of parent