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merryfaith's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, and Alcohol
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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