A review by kikkrareads
Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

 Jill Duggar gives the reader an inside look into her life as a Duggar. She shares what it was like growing up with cameras, living under a strict religious structure and healing after sexual assault. She talks about deciding to follow her heart and doing what was best for her and her families health and safety.

Jill wrote a memoir that was really fresh. It opened the world to her life and how being in the spotlight was not only something she wanted but became invasive and destructive. She wrote about how her family controlled her and she learnt to say no, putting her husband and children above all else.

This book was a real eye opener. I learnt a lot about the ultra conservative religious followings of her family. Rules that basically screamed "If a man does something wrong, its a woman's fault." I enjoyed how she respectfully went into detail about some aspect and others she left alone. She wasn't here to make money on throwing her family under the bus, she just wanted her story shared and I was impressed with how she did this.

Yes at times, the book went round in circles but it also reflected how her life had been micromanaged and she was now learning to stand on her own two feet. This was a very interesting read and one I am happy I stumbled across.