Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Uncultured by Daniella Mestyanek Young

21 reviews

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

shermansays's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide attempt, and War

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, and Blood

azurae's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction and Transphobia

idontread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Islamophobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

mondovertigo's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Racism, Self harm, and Trafficking

Minor: Miscarriage and Abortion

raquelcanread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

mhill423's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

rachreads925's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.25

Its hard to judge someone's memoir, since its their life. But I will tell you, if you want to really learn about what it is like to grow up in The Children of God - this isn't the book. "Sex Cult Nun" is another memoir of someone who grew up in the group, and is more focused on the experience of growing up in that particular cult / group. Daniella's childhood comprises the first half of the book or so but there is so much that seems to be glossed over, and what is there isn't necessarily told with a lot of detail. The author in my opinion has sanitized her memories in order to shape how she's viewed by readers, while acknowledging mistakes she made only when its acceptable for her to do so. But what this book does well is talk about how group think happens, and comparing cult life to military life. The way both groups shape their members with indoctrination, isolate them, and place high demands on them. Ultimately it gets a 3 star rating from me due to the slow pace, lack of honesty in some places, and just not being super compelling.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death, Self harm, Xenophobia, Medical content, and War

Minor: Torture

chaoticnostalgia's review against another edition

inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Homophobia, Incest, Racial slurs, Slavery, Islamophobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Pregnancy

lestie4short's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cancer