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Forbidden
by
Judy Waite
LUCKYLUCKY
LUCKY
Elinor is lucky, so lucky. At least that's what the other members of True Cause think. They are all blessed to be part of True Cause, safe from Outsiders, living only to work and pray for Endtime. They have been "chosen" for a better life.
But for a long time now, fifteen-year-old Elinor hasn't felt so lucky. Sometimes she doesn't want to kneel for hours in t...more
LUCKY
Elinor is lucky, so lucky. At least that's what the other members of True Cause think. They are all blessed to be part of True Cause, safe from Outsiders, living only to work and pray for Endtime. They have been "chosen" for a better life.
But for a long time now, fifteen-year-old Elinor hasn't felt so lucky. Sometimes she doesn't want to kneel for hours in t...more
Hardcover, 249 pages
Published
February 7th 2006
by Atheneum Books
(first published April 1st 2004)
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True Cause is the true cause. Lucky, so lucky. I love you. These are the phrases that fifteen-year-old Elinor has grown up with on the farm where she and her fellow Followers, led by the amazing Howard, live. It is a simple, material-less lifestyle, but Elinor is one of the Chosen, a special group of young girls who will go on to a very important role in her community, as one of Howard’s many brides. Importance is focused on the soul and not the outer body, and Elinor should be happy, so happy.
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This is on my shelf at school as a novel set & the back blurb sounded interesting. Unfortunately, it fell very short of my expectations. There was a lot of potential for suspense and character development, but all 3 main characters were rather one-dimensional. As a previous reader stated, it had a very dated feel - so much that I checked the copyright date more than once. Possibly an earlier manuscript that did not get submitted until decades after it was written? It is a short book that has...more
Overwhelmingly lame. The main character was really interesting but the plot was paper thin and just way too pat. And cults? What is this, the 70's? There was something about this book that just had such a dated feel to it. It made Emily such a simple character, and not simple good, but simple "I'm too lazy to flesh her out and make her a real teen so you get this thin crappy good girl substitute". If you are bored to tears, you might want to pick it up, but it was not very good.
Oct 21, 2010
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Elinor is lucky, so lucky. That’s what she and other members of the cult True Cause repeat to themselves over and over as they live in sheds at the foot of their Master Howard’s mansion. Elinor is slated to become a Bride of Howard, but faint memories of another life tug at her, and then there’s that boy she saw in town…
Elinor is lucky, so lucky, to be one of the Chosen in the True Cause, safe from Outsiders. She is Saved, when the Endtime comes. But believing isn't as easy as it once was, and now she's met a young Outsider her own ange, with moss green eyes who reminds her of memories she didn't know she had. Will Elinor remember in time?
I love bigamy books only because I like reading about the tough things they go through and things they believe. This one is very good. The vivid words Judy uses make me image the parts so well. I was almost there in the book. My favorite part is when Elinor finally thinks for her self. True Cause is the true cause.
This is a very quick read in which a young girl is in a cult compound which crosses a Warren Jeff's fundamentalist fringe Mormon stronghold with Scientology. Our protagonist is earmarked to become a bride of the lunatic prophet, and is one hundred percent on board with that, until memories from her past come clouding in.
Forbidden is about a teenage girl who was recruited into a cult at a young age. It is an interesting story, but it seems to work out too easily to really be compelling for the reader. I recommend The Chosen One by Williams instead, for readers interested in this topic.
Oct 20, 2010
Nanci
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Phoebe, Deborah, Sarah L.
Shelves:
realistic-ya
An inside look at a cult with a sympathetic character. Fifteen year old Elinor is one of the Chosen, who when she turns 16 will become one of Howard's brides.
The reader gets a real sense of the power of a cult and I think it is very well done.
The reader gets a real sense of the power of a cult and I think it is very well done.
This story was really interesting and good. I'm glad Elinor was rescued by Jamie and got away from that cult. No one should live the way she did. I felt so bad for her and the people who were brainwashed over there.
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I thought this was a pretty good book. I'm glad I read it though. I think in audio format, the chanting would have gotten on my nerves....
This was okay. It was definately an esay read and it was what I was looking for to read. I'm glad Elinor got out alive and got to be with Jamie. I figuered out that the whole thing wasn't orchestrated by Howard, he was mearly a puppet in that guy's (I don't remember his name but he was Howard's high adviser) plans. I still wonder though what happened to Meredith, Isabel, and Elinor's mother and if they ever find them.
This book is really good. I zoomed right through. Finished it in a day. At first I was wondering why they kept repeating words twice but then you figure out that it's her way of questioning things. Cults are a horrible thing. Especially this one. He has 15 wives and the main character is next. He sleeps with each one whenever he wants and he's in his early 70's mid 60's. It's quite distrubing but great book.
Jun 01, 2007
Sommer Ann
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Those who love friendships, twisted plots, and cute crushes
Shelves:
smashing-british,
reachbookclub
This book gives you a riveting and mind searching look at what life could be like. Set in modern day England follow Elinor, a member of the cult True Cause, and see what happens to her daily. What would it be like if you had only known one thing your entire life? If you only lived for the end of the world? If you found out it was all a lie…and you couldn’t escape.
This was a short book and easy to read - a lot of repetition, as it was "from" the mind of a brainwashed girl in a cult. It's scary how this is presented, you know it happens more than we like to think, but how easy it is for "outsiders" to see what is going on while those inside think that they are doing the right thing. Anyhow, it was a good book.
Examines a cult. I felt that it was done pretty well, except for one thing - they kept taking in people from the outside, and yet the girl never questioned where she came from (parentage, etc.). That seemed a little strange to me. Still, it was good. Maybe I'm just a sucker for stories about cults.
This is a creepy little teen book about a girl who grows up in a cult. After befriending an outsider, she starts to question the whole cult mentality (Bad Thoughts!). It's often awkward but appealing in a voyeuristic/after-school special sort of way.
I really enjoyed this book because Ms. Waite got it right. This is how brainwashing works. I should know. I was raised on it.
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-story like
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-some parts
-left me
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-story like
-this
-will never
-leave my mind
-some parts
-left me
-speechless
I liked this book alot
Apr 12, 2013
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