Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman

4 reviews

ashmash's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

The pacing slightly ruined this memoir. The first half is introspective and you learn a lot about Deborah Feldman and her life in the Hasidic community. From her marriage onwards the pace of the book changes dramatically and it feels like she was writing this with the fear of surpassing a page limit she had been set. If you’re wondering how she managed to escape this fundamentalist group, you won’t find it here. She skims over that completely. Multiple plot points get forgotten and you’re left with more questions than answers. The start of the book establishes that she reunites with her mother after leaving her life as a Hasidic housewife behind. She mentions how this happens even though this was teased at the beginning and would’ve been a pretty major part of her experience adjusting to the outside world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Abandonment

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content

Minor: Domestic abuse

issyd23's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Very different from the Netflix show: more dark, cultish & sad. I thought it would be like Fiddler on the Roof but it was more Handmaids Tale 😢 These Hasids make the Amish look progressive 4📖

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and War

greatexpectations77's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Really interesting, and I definitely applaud the author's bravery in writing this all down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Car accident, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pedophilia

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Confinement, Infidelity, Excrement, and Abandonment

jbabbm's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Antisemitism