Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The Sound of Gravel: A Memoir by Ruth Wariner

10 reviews

ebloch1015's review against another edition

Go to review page

challenging emotional sad fast-paced

5.0


Expand filter menu Content Warnings

jeleigh16's review against another edition

Go to review page

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.5

This was a super intense memoir that I don't think I was fully prepared for. I've always been intrigued by stories about cults and cult-like behavior, so I was prepared for that aspect of this story,
but I don't think I was prepared for the intense descriptions of repeated child sexual assault and deaths that occurred in the course of this woman's life.
This is not one to jump into lightly. That being said, it is a thorough, honest, raw look at one person's experience escaping a polygamist cult. A story worth telling for sure. 

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

alexiswolfer's review against another edition

Go to review page

challenging emotional medium-paced

5.0


Expand filter menu Content Warnings

daniellekat's review against another edition

Go to review page

challenging dark sad fast-paced

3.25

A heartbreaking account of the author's upbringing and escape from a fundamentalist Christian community. Objectively, this was sad. It was challenging to read about the author's abuse through the childhood lens used throughout the book, but as a reader I felt insulated from really feeling anything from this story. There was a dissociative element that failed to connect me to the narrative. There was also a level of unreliability given that this was told entirely from a child's perspective. I wish the author had included more reflection on how her upbringing contributed to her adult life. I also wish that there were more details in the beginning helping to ground the timeline of the story. It wasn't until the last few chapters did we get a real sense of the years captured in this book. Not something I would have normally picked up but the language was simple making this a pretty quick read.

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

katwicklund's review against another edition

Go to review page

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5


Expand filter menu Content Warnings

karolinaz's review against another edition

Go to review page

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75


Expand filter menu Content Warnings

bri_fabiano's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous challenging dark hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5


Expand filter menu Content Warnings

laur_o's review

Go to review page

emotional informative medium-paced

3.0

A painful and familiar story of a formerly FLDS member. 

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

kzeender's review

Go to review page

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5


Expand filter menu Content Warnings

raivyn's review

Go to review page

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

4.5


Expand filter menu Content Warnings