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A review by zorhose
Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar
Did not finish book. Stopped at 14%.
Got an hour into this book and noticed it's not for me. Haven't seen her family's reality show and therefore was little invested going in. It seemed like she might have some interesting topics to discuss with her first hand insight to the fundie life style and reality tv, but in the first hour at least the conversation was superficial.
I feel like she might've written this book 10 years too early. Maybe with more time for her to reflect and grow away from her cult and family this could've been a more solid memoir. This way it felt like someone grapling with their family history for the first time. It was mostly just a recounting of things that happened in her life without much added context or wisdom and it felt like she still held back a lot.
As an audiobook narrator Jill also didn't really work for me. I found her way of speaking kinda annoying tbh...
Anyway, I'll just quit now. The waitlist is long for this one so I might as well return it to my library asap.
I feel like she might've written this book 10 years too early. Maybe with more time for her to reflect and grow away from her cult and family this could've been a more solid memoir. This way it felt like someone grapling with their family history for the first time. It was mostly just a recounting of things that happened in her life without much added context or wisdom and it felt like she still held back a lot.
As an audiobook narrator Jill also didn't really work for me. I found her way of speaking kinda annoying tbh...
Anyway, I'll just quit now. The waitlist is long for this one so I might as well return it to my library asap.