Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Uncultured by Daniella Mestyanek Young

15 reviews

charliemaigne's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Slavery, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Islamophobia, Medical content, Trafficking, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ajnagle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

stevia333k's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense

4.5

I found out about the author via her tiktok account knitting cult lady 

I want it first known i read only the part about the army because I've been encountering a lot of microaggressions lately over the military & i didn't have time to listen to the first 2 parts because of that recent crisis.

This book helped clarify how a lot of these horrible laws such as the no water laws were normalized in the military before they became laws. I often call racial capitalist patriarchy a dictatorship of war rape & the history of plantations bears that out, though she didn't necessarily know USAmerican history before joining. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Classism

svtephreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and War

gotta_grow_up's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.5

This was a very difficult read as the content can be very heavy at times but overall this was an amazing and enlightening story of self discovery, perseverance and the dangers of group behaviour in any form. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Grief, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Incest, Blood, and Abandonment

There is disturbing descriptions about assult, abuse, rape and overall life in cults (both religious and not). These descriptions include extreme harm done to children in these scenarios (this harm was at times sexual in nature). As well as the life long repercussions and continued impacts of that trauma. Depictions of systemic sexism and abuse, as well as suicidal ideation.

fawns's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Homophobia, Incest, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Sexual harassment

princess_marie's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Chronic illness, Confinement, Homophobia, and Excrement

bsimmonds's review against another edition

2.0

This story is important, heartbreaking, and worthwhile. Also, the writing is repetitive, with sentences from the previous paragraph repeated in a different word order... throughout the entire book. Somehow, it's still hard to follow despite the constant reminders to the reader. Overall, it's a valuable and unique perspective distracted by the writing itself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and War

brittsbooknook's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

Cult memoir
Dark & gritty
Eye-opening 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, War, and Injury/Injury detail

oriad313's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Gaslighting, and War

Moderate: Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Islamophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Lesbophobia