Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner

10 reviews

lizmart88's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

3.5

A tragic and compelling story about a young girl growing up in an (eventual) family of 10 children and a mother who is the second wife to a polygamous man. The story is full of heartbreak as she is forced to grow up too fast, care for her younger siblings, and help her mother. There are times when they are left alone and she, as a child, is responsible for cooking and cleaning for her siblings, with her brothers' help. They live in a pologyamous colony in Northern Mexico, but also spend time in Southern California as well as Texas and Arizona. The kind of memoir you can't stop reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual violence, and Domestic abuse

sunlit17's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Child death

bzm0023's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

5.0

God this was a painful read.  I love a memoir, and got this recommendation after saying how much I enjoyed Educated by Tara Westover.  Similar vibes for sure but I was quite shocked by just how disturbing this was.  I usually am not too bothered by dark topics but wow, I had to set this down and take some breaks.  I am glad I picked it up, but will probably not be recommending to others without a heavy warning of it's inclusion of graphic sexual child abuse.  Very interesting, heartbreaking, and impactful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Child abuse

rgrgrg's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

msvernier's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

staceyw81's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Sexual violence

laur_o's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

3.0

A painful and familiar story of a formerly FLDS member. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

mpango's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Religious bigotry

squiroz94's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Child death, and Death of parent

raivyn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts