A review by littleredwinter
Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

Slowly and steadily Jill Duggar and her ghostwriter weave together a narrative that will be heart-wrenchingly familiar to those with experience in high control religion. It’s a look behind the curtain at the Duggars specifically and a commentary on the broader impact of the IBLP, high control religion, and children as content. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Minor: Cancer, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Death of parent

Jill talks in depth about violence she witnessed when living in El Salvador and the trauma she endured because of the media coverage of her brother Josh’s pedophilia and past sexual abuse of his sisters, Jill also describes her difficult first and second pregnancies and her three emergency c-sections in graphic detail