Reviews tagging 'Rape'

My Story by Chris Stewart, Elizabeth Smart

19 reviews

ljzsreadsandreviews's review against another edition

dark inspiring sad slow-paced

3.0

Elizabeth Smart’s story is an infamous one so I find it hard to believe people don’t know the general idea of this story but if you don’t, be very cautious before picking this memoir up. This story is devastating and the fact that anyone would have to go through what she did is heart breaking. I was excited to read Elizabeth’s side of her tragedy but I ended up being a little disappointed. I don’t disagree that the story is miraculous and having the opportunity to hear Elizabeth tell it is beautiful. What I didn’t enjoy was the way it was told- It felt almost childish and although Elizabeth was a child when it happened, the retelling felt more naive than I would’ve liked. I’m not a religious person, not that I have an issue with it or don’t have my own beliefs, I just wasn’t raised religious, and with so much of this story revolving around Elizabeth’s faith in God I had a tough time relating. I’m glad she was able to lean on that for her survival but it seemed misplaced to put so much faith on someone who would allow all of that to happen to her. It was miracle based and didn’t always seem healthy or real for me. As I mentioned, not bad and is still an incredible story I think I was hoping for a bit more depth.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping

miggyfool's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Excrement, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

plainjanethebookworm's review

slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Kidnapping

elledanie's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

sofiaaeelizabeth's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Drug abuse, Misogyny, and Vomit

gondorgirl's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Alcohol

sparkylauren's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Kidnapping

Moderate: Rape

serenity667's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, and Alcohol

lindsay_kay's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Kidnapping

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

katyannreads's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping

What Elizabeth went through is so traumatic and terrible. Very glad she was able to find the silver lining in it all and that she is doing well. However, this book was poorly written.