I love when a memoir reads like a novel, and Curtis's story is absolutely that. She perfectly captures the fragility and evolving nature of our relationships with family, religion, and everything surrounding the two.

An intriguing and positive memoir. Well written and interesting. Offers an insight into Jehova's Witnesses I never knew, and provides invaluable support to some of the things I did.

Beautifully written book that is relatable to many, as we have all experienced the emotions described in this book.

I love reading memoirs, and I truly enjoyed the beginning of this one, but toward the middle I just got so bored. I felt like I was being shoveled religion down my throat and it made me stop reading. I understand the meaning of this book, but all in all it wasn’t for me.

I’ve always been interested in learning about different religions, so when I saw this memoir I did not hesitate in wanting to read it.

This book broke my heart. As someone who is extremely close to her family, I found myself crying through all the heartbreaks Linda had to endure after being shunned.

What I loved most about her story is that she was willing to sacrifice everything she knew to find her Truth.

Thank you to NetGalley, Author and Publisher for providing me with a free copy of this book.

This book was fantastic!!!😍 It was beautifully written and powerful! As someone who lost themselves and was hurt because of being kicked out of my church, I could relate in some ways to this book. I loved and appreciated the honesty this book had to offer and I highly recommend this book to others!

Linda Curtis is a hero of mine. You know why? She told us about her journey openly, honestly. The story was written so well it read like a novel. Not once did I get the feeling that any anger, hurt or other negative emotions experienced by her shunning overrode the positive journey. I recommend this book to anyone...it gives a good understanding of the Jehovah Witnesses faith as well as a fair expression of disagreement with those same beliefs. I loved reading this book and was more than happy to read and review Shunned honestly for the publisher.

This book was very interesting it was all about a young woman who grew up in the Jehovah religion. But it was told from the very beginning and told about the good things and the bad. What I did like was how it showed the positive and shows how someone could be brought into the religion in the beginning then it took a turn for the worst. The book showed a very strong woman with a very strong faith and things were going well for her. Her family was Jehovah, she married a man of the Jehovah religion, a lot of her friends were in the same boat. Her faith was a large part of her family upbringing especially when her father converted after a long time. Things take a change however when she is out delivering the message of Jehovah to a man she knows when she suddenly doesn't believe in anything she is saying anymore. I liked this book because it showed the turmoil that Linda went through both with herself, her friends, as well as her family and her relationship with her husband. I liked how it showed her confusion when she decided that being a Mormon wasn't for her anymore. It was just her making a rash decision one day about her future it was her really looking at her life and what it all meant and what she wanted it to be.. The best part about this novel was I found Linda very easy to understand her character. She was very well written and not one dimensional like I was thinking that she might be. Her frustration at her husband when he constantly contradicts her and ignores what she needs telling her she needs to go to church more was just heartbreaking. I couldn't imagine having to face that on a day to day basis when she is already confused. I liked the strength that Linda showed and continued to show throughout the whole story well done I can't even imagine how hard that would have been. Great book and not a single thing I would change about it.

This book was amazing. The writing was beautiful and well done. I was so invested. I can’t believe what the author had to go through. Then towards the end when she lost her husband, I was heartbroken for her. She consistently shows her strength and resilience throughout this book.