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I really think and wish UA-cam would sort out the censoring issue. They censor things like this for particular words yet allow awful disgusting behaviour and people to do whatever they want. 😡
I'm also mildly confused by the olive skin... which is more like a green yellow undertone... (an undertone I have myself) in fairly sure that is not the undertone in native Americans ... but I might be wrong
@@wingedyera I'm native American and have olive colored skin. It's not uncommon but native American's can really come in a variety of shades in terms of color.
@@TheMouseAvenger even if it was talking about an indian woman it would still be exceptionally gross though. exotic isnt a word you should ever use to describe a human being, its just dehumanizing :^(
@@wingedyera im native and my whole family has warm yellowy green undertones, but as dallas said theres variation. just like everyone else we come in a multitude of appearances, not to imply that you were arguing the opposite though.
@@rx500android it’s an ethnic religion because of its history so you can be ethnically Jewish but not religiously Jewish or vise versa,,she’s ethnically Jewish.
I'm so confused about how she feels ok writing that horrifying scene with the killing of the dog, but she writes swears like a teenager. “#*$! you!” like....what? So Debi is too holy to write fuck, but you can write THAT about a dog? Nope. Not into that.
It really bothered me that she wrote that. I didn't even read that page because I knew it would really bother me but just hearing about the evens after that made me so angry and immediately go hug my dog. Unacceptable
@@taylorkutch88 I made the mistake of pausing to read it, and it was stupid to do it. It just made me feel disgusted and angry. How dare she. Also, the dialogue was still cheesy at the same time, and it was such a horrible juxtaposition. A good writer would never have done anything like that in that way. Nooppeee.
@@witchflowers6942 that's such a good point!! I would guess she thought other “Christians” would like it but what she fails to realize is those people are just normal people who have faith in Jesus and she on the other hand is bonkers. She's just hateful and horrible and calls it Christianity. Ugh.
When it comes to hitting children there is a one question filter that will give the perfect answer. Can the child understand reason? If yes, use reason. Don't hit a child. If the answer is no, they won't grasp why they are being hit. Don't hit a child. Easy-peasy.
@@teddycheong anyone who reads her shit books for any reason other than to laugh at or criticize her incompetent writing probably doesn't even have the reading comprehension to understand the story of "The Ugly Duckling" even if their mommy explained it to them. Like, really?? Imagine liking Debi Pearl. Chosing that hill to die on. Imagine willingly admitting you have the cognitive function of a fermenting grape and then advising for other people to attempt to consume that garbage. How embarrassing, I'm glad it ain't me.
Nothing's sexier than a dude running around in the forest, losing his faculty for language, shouting to god how he can't resist me. That's how I met my last three husbands.
Personally it's both how I met and lost my husbands. If you stand at the edge of the forest, you can still hear the echoes of men screaming about how sexy I am.
my mom dated one of the Pearl kids and said he was one of the most concerning people she'd ever met, she didn't know about his family but went to church with him once and she said the Pearls were invasive about whether she was planning to have kids or not
The details. Hand them over. ALL of the details Jokes aside if you’ve got any stories about that, let us know, it must’ve been completely surreal, I can’t picture one of these people in real life.
I hate when people are like all Muslims bad, all Christians bad, all so and so is bad. My closest friend in middle school was a Yemish Muslim. She was just the absolute sweetest girl ever. I miss her. She moved back to Yemen before she even graduated our high school. I hope she’s safe and she’s doing okay not gonna lie. This absolutely disgusts me. Not all Muslims are terrorists or bad people. Christians can be friends with Muslims, I know I am. I worry about her everyday still to do this day. She was an absolute Angel. She even taught me how to write my name in Arabic which was really cool. Man! I miss her so much.
💖in tennis I met my friend who was Muslim. She was kind of a quiet kid but it was fun to hang out with her. I miss her and I haven't played tennis since more than a year due to the pandemic.
I love hearing about people with different faiths being caring friends! One of my most cherished friends is Muslim, and I agree; it doesn't mean anything negative it's the same with any other religion. Some people are extremists, and some others are just people who believe in a God! I'm agnostic, so I love hearing about her faith and her prayers and learning about the Quran and different scared words like “mashallah” I suppose I don't know why people focus so much on if it was Jesus or Moses who delivered the message of God...either way wouldn't it be the same God just different ways of honouring Him? Many Christians are modest in how they dress, and so are some Muslim women and men; the golden rule is the same for both religions; the take on drinking differs for every Muslim and Christian...there are so many similarities, and I wish we could focus on that! I am proud you could do that, and I wish more people would! Also, I took a huge issue with Debi saying Muslims smell because they literally wash before their prayers.....she clearly knows nothing about the religion because a big part of it, like Christianity, is being clean when going to worship God. Christians wear their “Sunday best,” and Muslims wash before prayer. Like come on, Debi read ONE book about someone unlike yourself before you write your own 🤦🏻♀️
I feel like this whole book is a really good accidental critique about how a lot of Christians don't actually practice what they preach. They ask for other people to assist poor unfortunate souls rather than stepping in or volunteering or donating. Instead of widely distributing a cure all to others to better humanity they want to make money off it and only provide small doses to convert others instead of actually help them.
I noticed it too, if it was written by sb else I would think it's a critique of christianity. Knowing it's Pearl's book it really tells a lot about what kind of person she is and what a joke her version of christianity is.
@@megsley eh. They’re a spam account. And when they’re not copy-pasting that exact message, they’re harassing other accounts. I’m pretty sure they just hate-followed Rachel’s channel… they’ve made 85 comments on her videos!
I love it when crap like this passes the Bechdel test. It shows that passing it is the barest of minimums and so many better acclaimed books still don't even pass it. It says a lot about society.
Truth is that the Bechdel test was never supposed to be a feminist test, it was from a comic by Alison Bechdel describing the bare minimum needed for lesbians to view a media relationship between two women through a romantic lens. It was co-opted to mean something it never really was supposed to touch on.
I've been around since the Train up a Child days and the fact that she's written a self insert fiction book is the disaster gift I never knew I needed!
Not Native American Myself, but i could feel how wrong the descriptions of Shiane were. I showed the descriptions to my friend whose family is from the Cheyanne tribe and they were appalled. Also their is the slap in the face of the fetishization of conversion of Native peoples to christianity that happened for centuries and punishing them for their heritage.
I feel like another word to describe it would be "othering"? Its as if she's describing an otherworldly, strange, exotic creature, instead of someone whos like - ya know - a regular human being.
There were so many obvious clichés ("high cheekbones", olive skin, various other physical and kinetic characteristics). I think it was _meant_ to portray a positive image of this native American woman but the mixture of cringe & stereotypes seemed just plain old fashioned racist.
@@resourcedragon So true, so old fashioned racist - I mean, a lot of racists have no problem with also sexually desiring a person they deem to not be equal to them. Raping a person they fetishized before is fine according to their supremacist worldview. But they usually make a big distinction between their attraction to their victims and to their spouses.
“It’s not the worst fiction book I’ve ever read in terms of quality of writing...it’s a good four out of ten.” I’ll take “Damned By Faint Praise” for $1000, Alex.
Of all the terrible things in this book, there is just one thing that seriously made me go "Debbie Pearl is an idiot." And you know what that was? "Shaking Jam" Honey, if you are shaking jam you know nothing about jam making and DEFINITELY did it wrong.
@@teddycheong I wouldn't waste my money on such garbage. Debbie Pearl's reputation proceeds herself and justifies my lack of interest in reading any of her religion-based propaganda.
I was introduced to the Pearls as a teenager, and it took me a while to see just how horrid they were (I was in the same cult Josh Duggar was, so I had a lot to work through.) Revisiting the Pearls as a liberated adult was quite shocking. Of course Debi subscribes to the idea that men are routinely falsely accused of rape. She doesn't recognize what rape is because according to Michael's own account of their honeymoon, she's been assaulted and used from the very first. I don't know where that account is now; I read it years ago and finally saw how it clearly laid out a method for breaking a woman's spirit. Pretty much nothing from the Pearls surprises me now. They're twisted, toxic, and hateful.
I live in the UK and either their books or Dare to Discipline by James Dobson or both will be on the shelves of bible study leaders in evangelical churches. Time to leave that cell group and even better to leave the church as well. Come to think of it those bible group leaders do everything from hosting the meetings in their own home, organising them, providing refreshments and then leading or teaching them because of their martyr complex and being seen to be doing everything.
@@lemsip207 My mom was the librarian for the evangelical church I grew up in. She was secretly quite progressive and a feminist by the end: she got rid of the worst fundie books, and put some more progressive Christian authors in the library like Anne Lamott :P The last straw was when my dad was asked to be a church elder (when they knew multiple women in church leadership who would've made much better elders and actually made sense for the position). He was a man, well off, and well connected so he was asked. He said it was a boy's club. They didn't think it was a good influence on my sister and I so they left for a much better church.
@@lilaarmstrong7638 Just because your husband has a certain job it doesn't always mean that you have the qualifications and experience to work in the same industry as an assistant. I had a boyfriend who said being a nurse was good training to be a wife and mother. So is being a restaurant chef or cook and you will be spending more time buying food and preparing meals as a mother than using first aid.
Just so you know, as a native person, I felt like your reading of the descriptions is very fetishy. It feels so much like someone literally watched disney's Pocahontas and fetishized all native people from that depiction. Even before you said it felt fetishizing, I felt that way.
As someone who is part indigenous, which term do you prefer more: native or indigenous? Personally I prefer indigenous, because it's more than just us living in the states. I'd love to her your thoughts.
@@blueismylove3128 I (not of indigenous descent) tend to use indigenous peoples, indigenous tribes, or to be as specific as possible and use the proper name the tribe prefers or used in the time period I'm referencing.
@@blueismylove3128 I use native American for myself because I want people to remember who lived here first and keep the association. For others, it really depends. I use indigenous for those that want to be referred to that way or when talking about the broad spectrum of tribes. But if you know the tribe and you're referring to them specifically, to me that's always better.
The point of the Bechdel test is that you're asking for something so minor that pretty much any book/movie/ TV show should be able to pass it easily, but so many movies struggle to do the bare minimum.
The way the characters react to "fallen women" is the only thing that rings true. In my experience, this is exactly the way too many of them feel. When a woman reports a rape, they automatically assume she's lying.
My father r*p*d me. His whole side of the family, who are LOUDLY Christian, disowned me and the preacher at my childhood church told him he was forgiven because I had "tempted" him. As a child...
And when a man is raped by a woman, he is turned away from reporting it because of the mockery and humiliation he will receive for it. Also, add onto that, the fact he will be told that his report barely matters because his case is part of a minority, societal bias and toxic standards, being even more likely of being ignored no matter the proof, and also being told his case isn't as important. It's not a gender specific thing, I want to work to get rid of this bias, we need to remove the stigma around anybody's cases and reports. (I'm venting about a bitter experience that a friend went through).
@@icravedeath.1200 you just described almost exactly what the police told me when they wouldn’t let me press charges against my father. We need better for all rape victims. All of them.
@@doubtful_seer one of my favourite sayings is 'feelings don't care about your facts'. Also, when I learnt about toxic masculinity, my brain was like 'well no fuckin wonder why us men have the highest suicide rate, no wonder why my mental health also sucks as well'.
In her footnotes, she tries to say this is all based on reality, but then her characters are concerned with the *daily* bombings and poisonings by terrorists. *daily*. You'd think the rest of us would have noticed that by now.
Self-identifying racist and Nazis point to those same stories and hand-picked statistics about Islamic terrorism to justify how they’re “out of control”. I’m baffled yet curious about where Debi draws the line for “white supremacy” that she claims she’s supposedly against 🤔
Throughout this whole review, I was reminded of the parable of the Good Samaritan. Every character here, despite their whole shtick of being "good christians" don't help ANYONE. They're the people that walk by the dying man on the sign of the road, hoping that someone else will help. The fact that this "christian" woman is so tone deaf that she doesn't realize that her characters are more similar to the BAD GUYS from the Bible really says something, considering that this is her own religion.
Sorry to respond to a six month old comment, but you're right. The amount of evangelical Christians who seem like they've never read the bible is astounding. I feel the same way about prosperity gospel types.
That was my thought! And the sad fact is, I know Christians like this in real life (although admittedly the situations haven't been as extreme as some in this book) and they find it really strange when you actually try to help, like it's an alien concept that somehow didn't occur to them. It's actually bizarre, considering what the religion is supposed to preach. (And then many wonder why I've drifted away from the church 😂) Don't get me wrong, some are absolutely lovely, but the disconnect can be... quite something.
Already commented, but need to say that the way the homeless girl is treated is just like... Have y'all ever read the new testament? Do you even know what Jesus preached? Like I'm not religious at all, but I was raised in Christianity and let me tell you, I don't think these people read the same bible I did.
I gagged when you read the descriptions of Cheyenne because yes, all of that was fetishizing, and comparing her to a "cartoon Pocahontas"... just gross..
When Debi wrote "children who'd seen Pocahontas would think she looked like her in real life" (para.) I think she was describing her own rather myopic conception of an "Indian" girl.
Yes, you are so spot on: Debi Pearl has blaming the victim mindset be normal in her book because it is normal in her life. See her protecting people like Bill Gothard who used church positions to abuse minors. ETA: also the part with the racist screed about races is there because Debi Pearl thinks she herself isn't racist because she doesn't say that screed herself because to her that is the only thing that "counts" as racism
As a strong Christian woman myself I feel like its my duty to say that the author of this book does not represent Christianity at all. For me personally I hate the word "religion" or "religious" because it's so cold. For me I consider myself in a relationship with Christ. That's what He wants. True Christianity is based on love, sadly a lot of christians do not represent this at all. I'm an art teacher and I do my best to teach respect to people of all backgrounds, race, sexual orientation, and religious beliefs. Because that is what Christ calls us to do. Love Him and LOVE others. It breaks my heart to see people write books like this or act aggressively against others in the name of God. It's awful and not a good representation and I want to apologize to you on their behalf.
There is a strange phenomenon in the US of conservative Christians fetishizing Native American ppls/heritage. Its made more bizarre by the lack of concern or compassion for actual Tribes and their fight for rights against the US gov, i.e. DAPL. But they love to claim that their great grandmother was a "Cherokee Princess" or some other such nonsense. My great grandmother told my grandfather and his siblings not to tell anyone they were "half indian" because they'd be discriminated against. The reality of native heritage is much less glamorous than looking like Pocahontas. 😒 Not to mention the genocide against Native ppls, culture, language perpetrated by European Christians. It's so gross.
It's ethnonationalism, they want to claim they've got a divine-bloodline-birthright-bullshit to the land they're on. They do the same thing in Europe, but in the Americas they know they can't make the same claims...unless they're secretly native. They don't want to actually BE native, and they certainly don't want to be mixed, that would hit them with the racism they themselves created--but they want to prove to themselves (and anyone who might question their colonialism) that they deserve to be here because it's in their blood. I've seen some of them shift towards "we're secretly vikings because the vikings were actually here first" and it's also at the root of the mormon belief of being one of the tribes of israel that was "secretly here first" too.
Christians do believe they're God's special favourite people so Christians having some bizarre affinity with, or even falsely claiming heritage from "exotic" cultures isn't really that surprising.
My family claimed First Nation heritage (Cherokee of course) because it was “too shameful” to tell the truth of our **actual** heritage of having black ancestors. Literally my grandmother called my mother and said “I just learned something shocking and I think you should sit down before I tell you!” And my mom was like “ok…” “We have (whispered) **black people** in our family!” To my mom’s credit, she busted out laughing and said “have you even seen your 2nd child? Of course we have African ancestors!” and then hung up on her. TL;DR: if my family is any indication, the whole “Cherokee princess” malarkey is meant to be the racist explanation for why there are “ethnic” appearing family members in otherwise pastel milquetoast family trees.
i know this is a small point but "they lack cleanliness compared to the local thai people" (not the exact quote but the idea) like don't muslim people clean themselves before prayer 5 times a day?
Yup, though it is usually a ceremonial foot, hand and face wash. You wouldn't normally do a total preprayer clean unless it was Friday prayers. Obviously everyone's different though! I'm sure some people do a full shower before prayers.
Also, so much of this is ironic. She makes the "girl" out to be awful for being racist, but the entire story is based on racism??? She comments about muslims being "colonizers" in her footnotes but she's a christian??? There's a complete lack of self awareness here that makes everything even more bizarre and disgusting.
Watching this review made realize why people like her have been made to strongly look down upon therapy and matters of mental health. After all you can't realize how toxic your situation is and remove yourself from it if you never learn, amiright?
37:29 This is exactly why we need to call native people native. Calling them Indian is confusing! Like, the racism is bad enough, but it's genuinely confusing when you hear "Indian" and think "Oh, from India" and apparently nope, just being racist against native people. Also, you know these are the same kind of people who will complain about they/them pronouns for being "Too confusing."
The two main types of self inserts are supreme badasses and the most likeable characters possible. Somehow she missed both of those and made her self insert an obnoxious, bigoted bitch
are you sure they aren't secret homiesexuals though, because I don't call my father figures Daddy. (most i do is call them dad, but that's only when they're dating my mother figure.)
@@rickc2102 it's fairly common in certain kinds of books. If a book is a mystery with a female lead who works as a cook or something solving murders Nancy Drew style you've a good chance it's got recipes. I'm a fan of the trend myself.
I hate it when people justify horrid shit in the name of God. It's like when you can't reason with logic you're like "Oh but God" like bruh who ya kiddding.
@@diem.fidelis9697 Thank you for that, and I'm sorry idiots like the Pearls are so loud and give your faith a bad name. I like to think most people are smart enough to know that this isn't a true Christian; she's just a horrible human, but it's still frustrating to me, and I'm not even Christian.
Yes please! To both Rachel and Savanna. I’d love more of this book (though, love might not be the correct word for the context that is this hellfire of a book) and I’d love to read a rewrite of this as a horror novel.
Is she aware that the Bible is basically PART OF THE QURAN? As far as I understand from my conversations with a Muslim flatmate, they consider it a sort of preface to their holy book which is supposed to be an "update" ... So there was no need for Dan to translate anything for them -_-
I'm not religious but I have studied multiple religious texts and the Quran mentions Jesus and other characters of the Christian Bible in it. Islam, Christianity, and Judaism all worship the exact same God.
What alot of people don't get about Islam is that we believe in Jesus we believe he will come back we just don't believe that he is God. To be muslim you have to believe in Jesus I wish more christians knew that
Had a covid scare (negative luckily), got a day off work and my stress level is astronomical. I'm trying to relax today and you're right on time dear 💕
39:13 this is so weird to me. Especially because most families like this are so hypocritical about it. How dare you date before 20 but you’re 22 and unmarried and ChiLdlEss?? WhAt Are YoU dOing WitH yOuR liFe? donT yOu LovE bAbiEs?!?
The whole "pray that god helps that person but not doing anything to help" reminds me of a joke people say in my country a lot, since the majority is catholic, as a way to criticize this type of behavior because its just so common. And they can just feel good even if they dont do anything because "they are praying and that is enough". Its quite sad really.
This video made me realize that, to someone who believes things like angels are real and among us, that to them, praying IS helping people. They're so disconnected from reality that they think praying for supernatural intervention from a being which, mind you, they've never actually seen, directly interacted with or otherwise proven to exist, is equivalent to or even better than actually helping someone themselves. I actually hope it's just hypocrisy, that they pray because they want to believe that they help people while doing it in the most low-effort way possible, because the alternative is that they're off the deep end. I don't know where the point where religious belief becomes indistinguishable from mental illness is but this is way over the line. Even if we look past the all the hateful stuff and just focus on the simple metaphysical outlook of this on reality, it's genuinely concerning that someone walks around believing that and if it wasn't a millennia-old religion people wouldn't hesitate to call it crazy.
My favorite thought process in the whole book so far is that she is terrified of Muslims coming in, spreading their faith, and reproducing, but she wants to make loads of money so that she can print Bibles in all of the languages so that Christianity can be the one true religion and everyone is Christian.
40:41 So, you're telling me that these people are capable of making something that you'll only have to eat once to be completely cured, but they are purposefully making a worse version that requires being taken every day in order to work, not because it would be too expensive to make the full version, but specifically because they'll get more money that way? And the money will be used on making bibles, not charities or advancing this medical science, just making more bibles in different languages for the sole sake of conversion??? And we're supposed to see these people as the good guys!? If these people are supposed to be christians, why don't they do what Jesus do and cure people for free (although I think it would be acceptable for them to sell the jam for some money, in order to cover the costs of making and transporting it, as well as their own expenses), and then use their position as these literal miracle makers to promote their religion? At least in that case, their actions would be more in line with what their bible preaches, and regardless of whether you agree with their religion, you would have to admit that they had done a lot of good to the world.
It’s so creepy to me that Debi censored “shit” in “ $%!@ dog, you bled all over me!” after an indulgent gore-filled passage Like... some light swearing is so awful it can’t be printed, but graphic depictions of violence against animals are okay?! What?!
So weirdly enough I met the Pearls. I was coming back from Mexico to Atlanta (long story) and hitched a ride with their son in law, back to Tennessee. What brought back this memory was crossing the border in to Tennessee,the truck broke down and the Pearls daughter came and gave us a towback to their house. On the way their she picked up some teen Hitchhikers. She and her husband rode in the pickup and me and the hitchhikes rode I the broken down vehicule being towed. She must have considered picking up hitchhikers as a ministry opportunity. Because before we set off from where the vehicule broke down, she put in a sermon in the sterio for us to listen to on the drive back to their place. (I guess the words of the sermon were just suppose to convict and lead the hitchhikers to the gospel) I still considered myself a Christian at that point but was believing less and less. And the hitchhikers (in their early 20's) were really cool and had rockin stories, so I turned down the sermon, and we just chatted while being towed. (Also don't chill in vehicule being towed. It can be pretty dangerous) The part of the story where Dave prints out tracks "into all five Arabic dialects" and leaves them all over the place, I could see the Pearls doing something like this, and thinking that it was a awesome outreach.
im wondering, how long ago did you have this encounter? just because now hitchhiking (and even picking up hitchhikers) is highly discouraged. i know i (23) would be terrified. but i do consume a lot of true crime media, so i’ve heard countless stories about teenagers and young people hitchhiking and ending up in some…bad situations, let’s say.
@@chiefofthesky back in 2013? I agree picking up randos is pretty sketchy, these hitchhikers were just some 20 somethings. One of those where the vibe was chill.
13:00 - Ah yes, the praying to god scene, the fundamentalist christian equivalent of the mirror scene in every terrible YA novel written the last 15 years
Shiane(?) is not written like a normal 22-year-old woman. If she acted as she is written, as Rachel said, she would be terrible. However, she is written like a child which is wild. Like the weirdest things about her that don't seem natural would be very normal for a like 12 or younger person and that's just super gross.
Same! Like the novel I'm working on needs a LOT of editing, but listening to this, there are such HUGE things that need editing in this one (even just stylistically--the racism and Islamophbia make it beyond editing and instead only worthy for a shredder) that I feel rather encouraged! Like, what is even the point of that first chapter before Asher's move? Start the book with him arriving in the new town, someone says how good it is he's there to pick up Dan's work, done. I have to wonder how many books Debi's even read. Knowing how people in their circles feel about reading fiction in particular, I imagine it's not very many, or not widely.
I'm Muslim at this point I lost hope in getting acceptance from the western world so I don't care no more about how people view us I just care about how i see myself and become a better person. P.s I really love your accent 😍
First of all, Rachel’s makeup is just 😘😘👌🏼 Second of all, the whole idea that Christians and Muslims can never get along is ridiculous. My immediate family is Catholic, and my aunt is Muslim. We get along fabulously. Never ever clashed over anything. A lot of people have such a negative view of Muslims. It’s ridiculous. 19:40 as if not being 10000000% MURRICAAA is a bad thing??
I lost my dog last week. I can't even process the casualty with which the dogs death is treated. I'm devastated, I can't believe that she could even write characters that just shrug something so painful off
As an exchristian, I literally could not write a more blunt piece of satire. She literally describes evangelical hypocrisy, self-righteousness, and how prayer achieves nothing on its own. I don’t understand how she wrote this and thought it was ok
I realised many years ago that I seem to have a natural talent for poetry, or at least used to, it's a bit of a weird story but long story short I found myself in prison around 2003ish and realised I was really good at poems, I even managed to earn myself tobacco and stuff by writing them for other people's loved ones, the sad part is that due to my mental health issues all of the medications I've had to take over the decades has destroyed my memory, not to mention my motivation and self respect so I've sadly lost it gradually over the years, but I think I'll still check out the website, maybe I can regain a bit of something from the experience 🙃
I’ve also had the experience of mental health seriously impairing my ability to write, so my sympathies, fellow viewer. It’s never too late to start trying again, though! It was total rubbish at first when I started digging my way back out, but just getting something on paper was a stress reliever and a tiny win to build from. Good luck with your work if you choose to pursue it again!
@@shbondful Thank you 😊 I love writing, ever since I was little, in fact before I could even write properly I would sometimes spend hours with a pen and paper and make scribble marks like I was writing, a bit like how shorthand is done 🤣 I'll try my best, thanks for the encouragement 😊
It's not unheard of to see recipes in a fictional book. One of my favorite cookie recipes came from a mystery book. The best part of this review for me is finding out you also like TJ Klune. (i'm a huge fan) Also, a bit of context about the Native American heritage thing, it's not uncommon for racist white americans to claim that they have some native american blood of some kind. As a way of saying 'I know what they're going through, I'm ALSO part of that culture' and claiming it as part of some exoticism while still being safely white in the same vein as yellow fever. It's VERY unlikely that woman the character is based on has Native American heritage and is just claiming it because she is fetishizing it. edit- spelling
Writings like this book are not offensive to me-- they are existentially terrifying. The intent to do harm is evident and palpable and this book is not alone in promoting that kind of hate. But 'hate' isn't enough of a word for what this *does* to people, for how this kills people, erases cultures, replaces *our* selves with hollow vessels that our narcissistic rulers fill up with *them* selves. The author doesn't 'need to stop'. People like this do not stop themselves, they go on to support death camps.
Boomers who continue to unironically call Native Americans "Indians" is something that makes my blood boil. And absolutely everything she wrote about that character is fetishization. I doubt she's spoken to one native american woman in her life.
Many of NA people continue to call themselves "Indians", actually, and many prefer it to "Natives". Other prefer "indigenous". Look at videos made by NA creators, they explain the different opinions among their communities
@@KateeAngel I didn't know this, thank you. Any that I've known personally have been offended by being called "Indians," but I shouldn't have assumed that's across the board!
Interesting how the book frames it as so novel and forward-thinking of him to translate the Bible into Arabic, as if there aren't tons of Christian Arab folks in the world who have probably done that very thing a hundred times over.
@@rini9325 and she keeps calling the language "Arab", rather than "Arabic", and talks about the threat of Iran which mostly speaks Persian (I believe) and clearly doesn't know shit from clay about the Islamic religion other than "tHe MuzLiMZ R cumin!!!"
One of my favourite books is Red Sparrow, and it has recipes at the end of every chapter to tell you how to make the food or drink the characters are eating/drinking. It's odd... especially since it's a spy novel lmao
I've been here a very long time 🙃 and unfortunately yes, I do remember them, I'd rather not remember them, but unfortunately it's not something you can forget very easily, disgusting and vile...
Yeah, Rachel. Its really offensive to call Native/first nations people 'Indian'. It's also really old fashioned, like how the N-bomb used to be 'not a big deal'.
Damn, that's frustrating then. And it's totally reminded me of part I didn't include where Derek calls Hope and Cheyenne the s-word which I'm almost certain is a slur for Native American people?
@@RachelOates Which s-word? There's Sioux which is a word for a nation iirc (though I don't know if it's outdated or still in use or what) and sq*aw which is a really derogatory term for Native American women
Thank you for not reading out the passages about the dog's death. Gratuitous violence against animals really upsets me. When you reviewed "To Train a Child" I got the strong impression that the Pearls are both sadists. This book just confirms that (and adds in some additional really disturbing elements - as if "To Train a Child" wasn't disturbing enough).
"Is Debi aware of how hypocritical she is" is the wrong question. "Me = Good, Everything Else = Bad" is the sum total of the belief system. There's no inconsistency, hypocrisy, debate, room for interpretation; there's no reasoning beyond "I AM RIGHT AND WHAT I WANT IS RIGHT." Narcissism's final form.
I'd say the most dangerous hypocrisy is always believing you're right and never capable of evil or harm. It always boils down to someone ignoring the damage they cause because they don't care. This type of hypocrites will always deflect any honest conversation about beliefs to validate themselves.
i call their toll-free number non-stop, i know business rates for toll-free numbers are pennies but still, i feel there is value in reaching into their pockets and wasting their resources that'd otherwise go towards encouraging foster parents to brutalize and murder orphans etc
This book is full of a bunch of offensive trash, but the way Debi fetishizes Indigenous women makes me (a good amount of my mom's side of the family are/were Seneca) feel profoundly uncomfortable. On top of making the super fetishized woman a servant of a very militant version of a colonizer religion that was used as a tool of cultural erasure and HOLY CRAP I FEEL UNCLEAN.
After your last couple videos on debi, I realized I had one of her books sitting on a shelf (the helpmeet one...ew) that was given to me by a family member before I got married. Didn't even donate it because I hate the message - I yeeted that ish right in the trash after years of sitting aimlessly with my other books
55:18 beautiful summary for those of us that were getting a bit lost. Thanks for putting yourself through the ordeal of reading this; I don't think I'd make it more than ten pages in. Love the video!
I’m sorry, I can’t take Debi seriously when she wants her characters to curse but they say, “D#&# you”, “What the heck” or “Blankey blankey dog!” It’s ok if you don’t want to swear yourself; but if you are going to have the character curse, have them say the actual swear word or say something like ‘Derek cursed under his breath.’ or something like that.
As a Christian writer, I'm not comfortable with characters saying stuff like 'Oh my God' or 'Damn' (that one's worse here than in English-speaking countries), so I work around it. Swearing without cursing is a great way for me to come up with something creative, writing something like heck or blank or using #$&%* just feels incredibly lazy
I was here when you uploaded the how to train up a child vids that’s how I found you and I’m so glad you keep up with Debbie pearl. I experienced orthodox Pentecostal Christianity starting at age 12 and the pearls are shockingly close to their ideology
Thanks for this channel, the work you put in and the content you provide Rachel. You're a genuinely lovely and beautiful person inside and out. On many occasions, you have inspired me, especially with regards to being open and honest about your mental health issues - you and others have made me see that I can be open with those close to me about such matters. I often wish I could be as brave and bold as you are. Keep up the good work 👍.
Hi Rachel! I love to see you full of energy, I send you lots of love from Chile!! Instead of burning the book you could do a video recycling the paper and turning it into a new notebook. It would be fun to watch the process in my opinion and I bet you would enjoy crafting something new and artsy 😊
the whole bit with "our little mary" (augh) sounds like the beginning of an episode of criminal minds also, having native american characters who are trying to convert everyone in the world to christianity??? how does she not h e a r herself!!!!!
I turn 22 in September. I’m not even dating, let alone planning to get married. Debbies character descriptions are extremely odd and honestly a bit creepy at times. Chapter 10 OMG!!!
My dog just passed away tonight but weirdly this video distracted me. He was a staffy to. He died from cancer. And I recently lost another dog a couple of months ago. So life is to much for me right now. But thank u for this xx
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Thank you so much for all your amazing work!
The key is to not have expectations / intentions 🔮...
@@FaiaHalo Thank you so much :)
@Allie Foster Worldly things and 'godly' life 😊..
I really think and wish UA-cam would sort out the censoring issue.
They censor things like this for particular words yet allow awful disgusting behaviour and people to do whatever they want. 😡
Did she really describe the Native American woman as "exotic" looking? Debi, where do you think Native Americans are from????
From the Americas, of course! That description would make more sense if she was talking about a non-Amerindian Indian woman!
I'm also mildly confused by the olive skin... which is more like a green yellow undertone... (an undertone I have myself) in fairly sure that is not the undertone in native Americans ... but I might be wrong
@@wingedyera I'm native American and have olive colored skin. It's not uncommon but native American's can really come in a variety of shades in terms of color.
@@TheMouseAvenger even if it was talking about an indian woman it would still be exceptionally gross though. exotic isnt a word you should ever use to describe a human being, its just dehumanizing :^(
@@wingedyera im native and my whole family has warm yellowy green undertones, but as dallas said theres variation. just like everyone else we come in a multitude of appearances, not to imply that you were arguing the opposite though.
Nobody tell Debbie that she used Arabic numerals in her book
Oh no. Do tell her please!
ironic since she is jewish and related to muslims?
@@kissarococo2459 she's Christian I think
@@rx500android apparently it is a race and also a religion, But idk why that makes sense.
She therefore can be christian and jewish by blood.
@@rx500android it’s an ethnic religion because of its history so you can be ethnically Jewish but not religiously Jewish or vise versa,,she’s ethnically Jewish.
I'm so confused about how she feels ok writing that horrifying scene with the killing of the dog, but she writes swears like a teenager. “#*$! you!” like....what? So Debi is too holy to write fuck, but you can write THAT about a dog? Nope. Not into that.
THIS. YES.
It really bothered me that she wrote that. I didn't even read that page because I knew it would really bother me but just hearing about the evens after that made me so angry and immediately go hug my dog. Unacceptable
There’s so many horrible things in this book! Oh my goodness the scene with poor Wiggles was AWFUL. I don’t understand who her target demographic is.
@@taylorkutch88 I made the mistake of pausing to read it, and it was stupid to do it. It just made me feel disgusted and angry. How dare she. Also, the dialogue was still cheesy at the same time, and it was such a horrible juxtaposition. A good writer would never have done anything like that in that way. Nooppeee.
@@witchflowers6942 that's such a good point!! I would guess she thought other “Christians” would like it but what she fails to realize is those people are just normal people who have faith in Jesus and she on the other hand is bonkers. She's just hateful and horrible and calls it Christianity. Ugh.
When it comes to hitting children there is a one question filter that will give the perfect answer. Can the child understand reason? If yes, use reason. Don't hit a child. If the answer is no, they won't grasp why they are being hit. Don't hit a child. Easy-peasy.
Perfect!
Agree 100%, thank you!
well said!
Rachel reads all of Debi Pearl's books and so should you!!!
@@teddycheong anyone who reads her shit books for any reason other than to laugh at or criticize her incompetent writing probably doesn't even have the reading comprehension to understand the story of "The Ugly Duckling" even if their mommy explained it to them.
Like, really?? Imagine liking Debi Pearl. Chosing that hill to die on. Imagine willingly admitting you have the cognitive function of a fermenting grape and then advising for other people to attempt to consume that garbage. How embarrassing, I'm glad it ain't me.
Nothing's sexier than a dude running around in the forest, losing his faculty for language, shouting to god how he can't resist me. That's how I met my last three husbands.
YESSSSSSSSS
Those husbands were fucking delicious
Personally it's both how I met and lost my husbands. If you stand at the edge of the forest, you can still hear the echoes of men screaming about how sexy I am.
Thank you for making me laugh 🤣❤
@@silviaov633 🖤🖤
Rachel:* in chapter 5." This is page is a waste of paper."
Me:"Sorry, but this whole book is a waste of paper. That tree died for nothing."
🤣
Exactly what I said as well.
All those trees died
for Debbi's sins.
Rachel reads all of Debi Pearl's books and so should you.
@@teddycheong Most of us don’t have the amount of patience Rachel has.
my mom dated one of the Pearl kids and said he was one of the most concerning people she'd ever met, she didn't know about his family but went to church with him once and she said the Pearls were invasive about whether she was planning to have kids or not
@Rach I second this motion
The details. Hand them over. ALL of the details
Jokes aside if you’ve got any stories about that, let us know, it must’ve been completely surreal, I can’t picture one of these people in real life.
I... need to know more. Please.
This is a youtube expose in the making.
Your mom should write a book. Please
I hate when people are like all Muslims bad, all Christians bad, all so and so is bad. My closest friend in middle school was a Yemish Muslim. She was just the absolute sweetest girl ever. I miss her. She moved back to Yemen before she even graduated our high school. I hope she’s safe and she’s doing okay not gonna lie. This absolutely disgusts me. Not all Muslims are terrorists or bad people. Christians can be friends with Muslims, I know I am. I worry about her everyday still to do this day. She was an absolute Angel. She even taught me how to write my name in Arabic which was really cool. Man! I miss her so much.
That's so sweet. Thanks for sharing. Wishing both of you to stay healthy, stay safe so that one day you guys can see each other again
same,im interested in WHO you are not WHAT you are
Yeah! And I'm a Christian with Muslim friends, too!
And your story about your friend is absolutely sweet & heartwarming... 😄
💖in tennis I met my friend who was Muslim. She was kind of a quiet kid but it was fun to hang out with her. I miss her and I haven't played tennis since more than a year due to the pandemic.
I love hearing about people with different faiths being caring friends! One of my most cherished friends is Muslim, and I agree; it doesn't mean anything negative it's the same with any other religion. Some people are extremists, and some others are just people who believe in a God! I'm agnostic, so I love hearing about her faith and her prayers and learning about the Quran and different scared words like “mashallah” I suppose I don't know why people focus so much on if it was Jesus or Moses who delivered the message of God...either way wouldn't it be the same God just different ways of honouring Him? Many Christians are modest in how they dress, and so are some Muslim women and men; the golden rule is the same for both religions; the take on drinking differs for every Muslim and Christian...there are so many similarities, and I wish we could focus on that! I am proud you could do that, and I wish more people would!
Also, I took a huge issue with Debi saying Muslims smell because they literally wash before their prayers.....she clearly knows nothing about the religion because a big part of it, like Christianity, is being clean when going to worship God. Christians wear their “Sunday best,” and Muslims wash before prayer. Like come on, Debi read ONE book about someone unlike yourself before you write your own 🤦🏻♀️
I feel like this whole book is a really good accidental critique about how a lot of Christians don't actually practice what they preach. They ask for other people to assist poor unfortunate souls rather than stepping in or volunteering or donating. Instead of widely distributing a cure all to others to better humanity they want to make money off it and only provide small doses to convert others instead of actually help them.
I noticed it too, if it was written by sb else I would think it's a critique of christianity. Knowing it's Pearl's book it really tells a lot about what kind of person she is and what a joke her version of christianity is.
Which is PRECISELY the kind of thing that Jesus doesn't like at all!
Rachel reads all of Debi Pearl's books and so should you.!!!
@@teddycheong hi debi why are you hiding behind a fake account?
@@megsley eh. They’re a spam account. And when they’re not copy-pasting that exact message, they’re harassing other accounts. I’m pretty sure they just hate-followed Rachel’s channel… they’ve made 85 comments on her videos!
I love it when crap like this passes the Bechdel test. It shows that passing it is the barest of minimums and so many better acclaimed books still don't even pass it. It says a lot about society.
I can't believe it's just two women having one convo not about men. I'd say it's a low standard but it's no standard.
Not really
The Bechdel test is the POOREST excuse for a test of feminism I have EVER seen!
@@snooganslestat2030 it can't be "no standard" if anyone fails it, imo.
I agree it's appallingly low a standard, though
Truth is that the Bechdel test was never supposed to be a feminist test, it was from a comic by Alison Bechdel describing the bare minimum needed for lesbians to view a media relationship between two women through a romantic lens. It was co-opted to mean something it never really was supposed to touch on.
I've been around since the Train up a Child days and the fact that she's written a self insert fiction book is the disaster gift I never knew I needed!
I didn't expect seeing you here, but you're totally right! (Also I really like your read-alongs)
Rachel reads all of Debi Pearl's books and so should you!!
Not Native American Myself, but i could feel how wrong the descriptions of Shiane were. I showed the descriptions to my friend whose family is from the Cheyanne tribe and they were appalled. Also their is the slap in the face of the fetishization of conversion of Native peoples to christianity that happened for centuries and punishing them for their heritage.
It's the North American version of Orientalism.
I feel like another word to describe it would be "othering"? Its as if she's describing an otherworldly, strange, exotic creature, instead of someone whos like - ya know - a regular human being.
There were so many obvious clichés ("high cheekbones", olive skin, various other physical and kinetic characteristics). I think it was _meant_ to portray a positive image of this native American woman but the mixture of cringe & stereotypes seemed just plain old fashioned racist.
@@resourcedragon So true, so old fashioned racist - I mean, a lot of racists have no problem with also sexually desiring a person they deem to not be equal to them. Raping a person they fetishized before is fine according to their supremacist worldview. But they usually make a big distinction between their attraction to their victims and to their spouses.
Christ is not religion but relationship
“It’s not the worst fiction book I’ve ever read in terms of quality of writing...it’s a good four out of ten.”
I’ll take “Damned By Faint Praise” for $1000, Alex.
Of all the terrible things in this book, there is just one thing that seriously made me go "Debbie Pearl is an idiot." And you know what that was? "Shaking Jam" Honey, if you are shaking jam you know nothing about jam making and DEFINITELY did it wrong.
Out of all the things in this dumpster fire of a book, that part threw me off too lol.
I'm wondering if this is a subtle nod to homeopathic remedies which are shaken in a certain manner to "activate" them in some way?
@@junebugtea6654 Great suggestion, that would finally make some sense 😅
Rachel reads all of Debi Pearl's books and so should you.
@@teddycheong I wouldn't waste my money on such garbage. Debbie Pearl's reputation proceeds herself and justifies my lack of interest in reading any of her religion-based propaganda.
The funniest thing in this whole video is that she thinks there are ONLY five dialects of Arabic
she also thinks they’re “just dialects”
LMAOO TRUUE .
like bitch I wish. there are some place I completely cant understand despite speaking the same language
She's clearly a worldly woman. 🤦🏻♀️
Speaking of Arabic, are those Arabic script earrings? _liha'asoan,_ or something like that?
@@redcub8889 same 😂😂 I am iraqi and I can’t understand Maghribi or tunisi hhh
I just love when Rachel talks about the things she is passionate about like her photography and her Tshirt. That smile is everything
For a sec i read ''pornography'' instead of phorography and i was really confused.
@@paarsgordijn177 omg! I didn't realized I made a typo! So embarrased, fixed now, thanks for letting me know
@@mariammosashvili4150 No problem :)
Omg right!
I know, she’s precious
I was introduced to the Pearls as a teenager, and it took me a while to see just how horrid they were (I was in the same cult Josh Duggar was, so I had a lot to work through.) Revisiting the Pearls as a liberated adult was quite shocking. Of course Debi subscribes to the idea that men are routinely falsely accused of rape. She doesn't recognize what rape is because according to Michael's own account of their honeymoon, she's been assaulted and used from the very first. I don't know where that account is now; I read it years ago and finally saw how it clearly laid out a method for breaking a woman's spirit. Pretty much nothing from the Pearls surprises me now. They're twisted, toxic, and hateful.
I live in the UK and either their books or Dare to Discipline by James Dobson or both will be on the shelves of bible study leaders in evangelical churches. Time to leave that cell group and even better to leave the church as well. Come to think of it those bible group leaders do everything from hosting the meetings in their own home, organising them, providing refreshments and then leading or teaching them because of their martyr complex and being seen to be doing everything.
It is in his book created to need a help meet. And yes it is horrifying.
@@lemsip207 My mom was the librarian for the evangelical church I grew up in. She was secretly quite progressive and a feminist by the end: she got rid of the worst fundie books, and put some more progressive Christian authors in the library like Anne Lamott :P
The last straw was when my dad was asked to be a church elder (when they knew multiple women in church leadership who would've made much better elders and actually made sense for the position). He was a man, well off, and well connected so he was asked. He said it was a boy's club. They didn't think it was a good influence on my sister and I so they left for a much better church.
@@lilaarmstrong7638 Just because your husband has a certain job it doesn't always mean that you have the qualifications and experience to work in the same industry as an assistant. I had a boyfriend who said being a nurse was good training to be a wife and mother. So is being a restaurant chef or cook and you will be spending more time buying food and preparing meals as a mother than using first aid.
@@lemsip207I’m confused all I said was what book the honeymoon story was in.
Just so you know, as a native person, I felt like your reading of the descriptions is very fetishy. It feels so much like someone literally watched disney's Pocahontas and fetishized all native people from that depiction. Even before you said it felt fetishizing, I felt that way.
Damn, thank you for sharing!
As a non-native person it made my skin crawl.
As someone who is part indigenous, which term do you prefer more: native or indigenous? Personally I prefer indigenous, because it's more than just us living in the states. I'd love to her your thoughts.
@@blueismylove3128 I (not of indigenous descent) tend to use indigenous peoples, indigenous tribes, or to be as specific as possible and use the proper name the tribe prefers or used in the time period I'm referencing.
@@blueismylove3128 I use native American for myself because I want people to remember who lived here first and keep the association. For others, it really depends. I use indigenous for those that want to be referred to that way or when talking about the broad spectrum of tribes. But if you know the tribe and you're referring to them specifically, to me that's always better.
The point of the Bechdel test is that you're asking for something so minor that pretty much any book/movie/ TV show should be able to pass it easily, but so many movies struggle to do the bare minimum.
hey! i like your channel:)
@@saggguy7 Thank you Grace!
Rachel reads all of Debi Pearl's books and so should you.
@@teddycheong Nah, I'll leave that to Rachel.
@@BrieCheese At least Rachel is open-minded enough for different ideas. Something to think about.
The way the characters react to "fallen women" is the only thing that rings true. In my experience, this is exactly the way too many of them feel. When a woman reports a rape, they automatically assume she's lying.
My father r*p*d me. His whole side of the family, who are LOUDLY Christian, disowned me and the preacher at my childhood church told him he was forgiven because I had "tempted" him. As a child...
And when a man is raped by a woman, he is turned away from reporting it because of the mockery and humiliation he will receive for it.
Also, add onto that, the fact he will be told that his report barely matters because his case is part of a minority, societal bias and toxic standards, being even more likely of being ignored no matter the proof, and also being told his case isn't as important.
It's not a gender specific thing, I want to work to get rid of this bias, we need to remove the stigma around anybody's cases and reports.
(I'm venting about a bitter experience that a friend went through).
@@icravedeath.1200 you just described almost exactly what the police told me when they wouldn’t let me press charges against my father. We need better for all rape victims. All of them.
@@doubtful_seer that's exactly what I was saying, justice for all.
@@doubtful_seer one of my favourite sayings is 'feelings don't care about your facts'.
Also, when I learnt about toxic masculinity, my brain was like 'well no fuckin wonder why us men have the highest suicide rate, no wonder why my mental health also sucks as well'.
"Debi Pearl Needs To Stop" Well, she apparently did, since the second book of the series never materialized. 🤭
Maybe there is a god after all...
Totally gutted......🤣
@@RachelOates I can't 😂😂
@Rach lmaoo
Rachel reads all of Debi Pearl's books and so should you.
In her footnotes, she tries to say this is all based on reality, but then her characters are concerned with the *daily* bombings and poisonings by terrorists. *daily*. You'd think the rest of us would have noticed that by now.
I think she meant to say a parallel/alternate reality, instead of this one. XD
Self-identifying racist and Nazis point to those same stories and hand-picked statistics about Islamic terrorism to justify how they’re “out of control”. I’m baffled yet curious about where Debi draws the line for “white supremacy” that she claims she’s supposedly against 🤔
Throughout this whole review, I was reminded of the parable of the Good Samaritan. Every character here, despite their whole shtick of being "good christians" don't help ANYONE. They're the people that walk by the dying man on the sign of the road, hoping that someone else will help.
The fact that this "christian" woman is so tone deaf that she doesn't realize that her characters are more similar to the BAD GUYS from the Bible really says something, considering that this is her own religion.
Sorry to respond to a six month old comment, but you're right. The amount of evangelical Christians who seem like they've never read the bible is astounding. I feel the same way about prosperity gospel types.
That was my thought! And the sad fact is, I know Christians like this in real life (although admittedly the situations haven't been as extreme as some in this book) and they find it really strange when you actually try to help, like it's an alien concept that somehow didn't occur to them. It's actually bizarre, considering what the religion is supposed to preach. (And then many wonder why I've drifted away from the church 😂) Don't get me wrong, some are absolutely lovely, but the disconnect can be... quite something.
Already commented, but need to say that the way the homeless girl is treated is just like... Have y'all ever read the new testament? Do you even know what Jesus preached? Like I'm not religious at all, but I was raised in Christianity and let me tell you, I don't think these people read the same bible I did.
I gagged when you read the descriptions of Cheyenne because yes, all of that was fetishizing, and comparing her to a "cartoon Pocahontas"... just gross..
Not to mention that Disney's portrayal of Pocahontas was well-rounded & developed & 3-dimensional!
@@TheMouseAvenger no, not really
Rachel reads all of Debi Pearl's books and so should you.!!!
When Debi wrote "children who'd seen Pocahontas would think she looked like her in real life" (para.) I think she was describing her own rather myopic conception of an "Indian" girl.
Yes, you are so spot on: Debi Pearl has blaming the victim mindset be normal in her book because it is normal in her life. See her protecting people like Bill Gothard who used church positions to abuse minors. ETA: also the part with the racist screed about races is there because Debi Pearl thinks she herself isn't racist because she doesn't say that screed herself because to her that is the only thing that "counts" as racism
as an arab, the way she describes arab characters in the book is upsetting.
I'm a white Christian, & I totally agree! :-( It's horrible! T_T
@@TheMouseAvenger indeed it is !
Same. It's gross and hateful
Rachel reads all of Debi Pearl's books and so should you.!!!
@@teddycheong sure, not that I'll like them tho
"here's old Mary who does nothing and then dies." ugh, same
As a strong Christian woman myself I feel like its my duty to say that the author of this book does not represent Christianity at all. For me personally I hate the word "religion" or "religious" because it's so cold. For me I consider myself in a relationship with Christ. That's what He wants. True Christianity is based on love, sadly a lot of christians do not represent this at all. I'm an art teacher and I do my best to teach respect to people of all backgrounds, race, sexual orientation, and religious beliefs. Because that is what Christ calls us to do. Love Him and LOVE others. It breaks my heart to see people write books like this or act aggressively against others in the name of God. It's awful and not a good representation and I want to apologize to you on their behalf.
Seconded.
Thirded
Fourthed.
Rachel reads all of Debi Pearl's books and so should you.
@@teddycheong what
There is a strange phenomenon in the US of conservative Christians fetishizing Native American ppls/heritage. Its made more bizarre by the lack of concern or compassion for actual Tribes and their fight for rights against the US gov, i.e. DAPL. But they love to claim that their great grandmother was a "Cherokee Princess" or some other such nonsense. My great grandmother told my grandfather and his siblings not to tell anyone they were "half indian" because they'd be discriminated against. The reality of native heritage is much less glamorous than looking like Pocahontas. 😒 Not to mention the genocide against Native ppls, culture, language perpetrated by European Christians. It's so gross.
It's ethnonationalism, they want to claim they've got a divine-bloodline-birthright-bullshit to the land they're on. They do the same thing in Europe, but in the Americas they know they can't make the same claims...unless they're secretly native. They don't want to actually BE native, and they certainly don't want to be mixed, that would hit them with the racism they themselves created--but they want to prove to themselves (and anyone who might question their colonialism) that they deserve to be here because it's in their blood.
I've seen some of them shift towards "we're secretly vikings because the vikings were actually here first" and it's also at the root of the mormon belief of being one of the tribes of israel that was "secretly here first" too.
Christians do believe they're God's special favourite people so Christians having some bizarre affinity with, or even falsely claiming heritage from "exotic" cultures isn't really that surprising.
My family claimed First Nation heritage (Cherokee of course) because it was “too shameful” to tell the truth of our **actual** heritage of having black ancestors.
Literally my grandmother called my mother and said “I just learned something shocking and I think you should sit down before I tell you!”
And my mom was like “ok…”
“We have (whispered) **black people** in our family!”
To my mom’s credit, she busted out laughing and said “have you even seen your 2nd child? Of course we have African ancestors!” and then hung up on her.
TL;DR: if my family is any indication, the whole “Cherokee princess” malarkey is meant to be the racist explanation for why there are “ethnic” appearing family members in otherwise pastel milquetoast family trees.
i know this is a small point but "they lack cleanliness compared to the local thai people" (not the exact quote but the idea) like don't muslim people clean themselves before prayer 5 times a day?
Yup, though it is usually a ceremonial foot, hand and face wash.
You wouldn't normally do a total preprayer clean unless it was Friday prayers.
Obviously everyone's different though! I'm sure some people do a full shower before prayers.
@@TheDolphace thank you for letting me understand more!
Rachel reads all of Debi Pearl's books and so should you.!!!
This woman needs to be on a watchlist of some sort. And she needs therapy. A lot of therapy.
Also, so much of this is ironic. She makes the "girl" out to be awful for being racist, but the entire story is based on racism??? She comments about muslims being "colonizers" in her footnotes but she's a christian??? There's a complete lack of self awareness here that makes everything even more bizarre and disgusting.
They would need to make a whole new watch list just for her.
This woman doesn’t need an FBI agent watching her, she needs the whole damn agency
Watching this review made realize why people like her have been made to strongly look down upon therapy and matters of mental health. After all you can't realize how toxic your situation is and remove yourself from it if you never learn, amiright?
@@NatLaS I think it's more because they and others fear hearing that their beliefs are wrong or unethical.
37:29 This is exactly why we need to call native people native. Calling them Indian is confusing! Like, the racism is bad enough, but it's genuinely confusing when you hear "Indian" and think "Oh, from India" and apparently nope, just being racist against native people.
Also, you know these are the same kind of people who will complain about they/them pronouns for being "Too confusing."
When i write self insert in stories, it is usually hella wholesome and cute- why am i not surprised this is the type of book debi wrote
The two main types of self inserts are supreme badasses and the most likeable characters possible.
Somehow she missed both of those and made her self insert an obnoxious, bigoted bitch
@@who_the_fuck_is_riley5813 she became Mary Sue of bigots xD
Dan was a "father figure" to Asher, that's why he called him Daddy.
Omg. 😂
are you sure they aren't secret homiesexuals though, because I don't call my father figures Daddy. (most i do is call them dad, but that's only when they're dating my mother figure.)
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Episode idea: make one of the recipes in the footnotes
Lol! Tbh I bet one of the few things that Debi can do is bake a pie. She is a *good woman* after all.
I've heard of books that include recipes. The idea could make a series, maybe.
@@rickc2102 it's fairly common in certain kinds of books. If a book is a mystery with a female lead who works as a cook or something solving murders Nancy Drew style you've a good chance it's got recipes. I'm a fan of the trend myself.
@@reginarainer9740 OMG! I never knew this. I'll have to check out this genre. I love when I'm immersed in a story and can recreate what they eat.
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As a Christian, we don't claim this book. 😬
To say its problematic is an understatement.
I hate it when people justify horrid shit in the name of God. It's like when you can't reason with logic you're like "Oh but God" like bruh who ya kiddding.
Like I'm pretty sure that's part of the big 10 of things your not supposed to do
Same logic as people who justify their bad behaviour with their zodiac sign. "Oh I am such a taurus", no Emma, you are a dick
Amen
As a Christian, I totally agree. Like honestly, we are rational beings, let's think critically about the things we believe.
@@diem.fidelis9697 Thank you for that, and I'm sorry idiots like the Pearls are so loud and give your faith a bad name. I like to think most people are smart enough to know that this isn't a true Christian; she's just a horrible human, but it's still frustrating to me, and I'm not even Christian.
“This much anger is not good for the soul.” Proceeds to feed that anger and blame it on the Muslims
Please do review the rest, if you can stand it - I’m feeling half-inspired to rewrite this thing as a horror novel
omg. If you do, please let me read it!
That's so cool! Dooo it!!!!!
Yess plsss
Yes please.
Yes please! To both Rachel and Savanna. I’d love more of this book (though, love might not be the correct word for the context that is this hellfire of a book) and I’d love to read a rewrite of this as a horror novel.
Is she aware that the Bible is basically PART OF THE QURAN? As far as I understand from my conversations with a Muslim flatmate, they consider it a sort of preface to their holy book which is supposed to be an "update" ... So there was no need for Dan to translate anything for them -_-
Not a PART of the Quran, but you're right, it is more of a predecessor! It's a part of our religion!
I'm not religious but I have studied multiple religious texts and the Quran mentions Jesus and other characters of the Christian Bible in it. Islam, Christianity, and Judaism all worship the exact same God.
What alot of people don't get about Islam is that we believe in Jesus we believe he will come back we just don't believe that he is God. To be muslim you have to believe in Jesus I wish more christians knew that
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Had a covid scare (negative luckily), got a day off work and my stress level is astronomical. I'm trying to relax today and you're right on time dear 💕
Hope you're feeling ok!
Hope you can get vaccinated soon!
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39:13 this is so weird to me. Especially because most families like this are so hypocritical about it. How dare you date before 20 but you’re 22 and unmarried and ChiLdlEss?? WhAt Are YoU dOing WitH yOuR liFe? donT yOu LovE bAbiEs?!?
Very good point about the age.
Though always assume hypocrisy as a feature not a bug.
Ugh, I hate people like that. When they are walking! And minding their own business! Who does that? Why can't they behave like normal people?
Right? Sometimes they even walk without bothering anybody. Like, what's their problem?
@@mariammosashvili4150 Don't get me started about those.
The whole "pray that god helps that person but not doing anything to help" reminds me of a joke people say in my country a lot, since the majority is catholic, as a way to criticize this type of behavior because its just so common. And they can just feel good even if they dont do anything because "they are praying and that is enough". Its quite sad really.
Oh boy, "thoughts & prayers" like they actually help...
This video made me realize that, to someone who believes things like angels are real and among us, that to them, praying IS helping people.
They're so disconnected from reality that they think praying for supernatural intervention from a being which, mind you, they've never actually seen, directly interacted with or otherwise proven to exist, is equivalent to or even better than actually helping someone themselves. I actually hope it's just hypocrisy, that they pray because they want to believe that they help people while doing it in the most low-effort way possible, because the alternative is that they're off the deep end.
I don't know where the point where religious belief becomes indistinguishable from mental illness is but this is way over the line. Even if we look past the all the hateful stuff and just focus on the simple metaphysical outlook of this on reality, it's genuinely concerning that someone walks around believing that and if it wasn't a millennia-old religion people wouldn't hesitate to call it crazy.
My favorite thought process in the whole book so far is that she is terrified of Muslims coming in, spreading their faith, and reproducing, but she wants to make loads of money so that she can print Bibles in all of the languages so that Christianity can be the one true religion and everyone is Christian.
It's cuz "My religion is the One True Religion, all others are Bad"
Why does the miracle jam sound like something you would sell in an mlm? Seriously sounds like it probably contains essential oils.
What do you suppose the jam slinging mlm would be called
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Sweet Healing Jam?
Delicious Miracle Jam.
With the part where God tells her to put drops in from the "small bottle", I'm definitely thinking it's got essential oils 😂
"Oh no! A scrawny, homeless teenage girl! How horrifying!" Debbi, wtf? lol.
"here's old Mary who does nothing and dies"
😲 Spoilers girll 😅
God just being the ultimate Deus Ex Machina is giving me some Empress Theresa and Reaper's Creek flashbacks.
OMG, you know of those books, too! 😱
@@TheMouseAvenger Of course I have. I love watching UA-camrs tear apart terrible books like those.
Krimson Rouge, Perhaps?
@@kaeleylyons5776 bingo!
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“The Muslims just want to be left alone”
As a Muslim, I agree lol
AYOO hello fellow muslim !!!!!!!!!!!!!
A bad book review? And it's the Pearls?! Can't wait!
40:41 So, you're telling me that these people are capable of making something that you'll only have to eat once to be completely cured, but they are purposefully making a worse version that requires being taken every day in order to work, not because it would be too expensive to make the full version, but specifically because they'll get more money that way? And the money will be used on making bibles, not charities or advancing this medical science, just making more bibles in different languages for the sole sake of conversion??? And we're supposed to see these people as the good guys!?
If these people are supposed to be christians, why don't they do what Jesus do and cure people for free (although I think it would be acceptable for them to sell the jam for some money, in order to cover the costs of making and transporting it, as well as their own expenses), and then use their position as these literal miracle makers to promote their religion? At least in that case, their actions would be more in line with what their bible preaches, and regardless of whether you agree with their religion, you would have to admit that they had done a lot of good to the world.
The resurrected dog is the most likeable character.
It’s so creepy to me that Debi censored “shit” in “ $%!@ dog, you bled all over me!” after an indulgent gore-filled passage
Like... some light swearing is so awful it can’t be printed, but graphic depictions of violence against animals are okay?! What?!
So weirdly enough I met the Pearls. I was coming back from Mexico to Atlanta (long story) and hitched a ride with their son in law, back to Tennessee.
What brought back this memory was crossing the border in to Tennessee,the truck broke down and the Pearls daughter came and gave us a towback to their house. On the way their she picked up some teen Hitchhikers. She and her husband rode in the pickup and me and the hitchhikes rode I the broken down vehicule being towed.
She must have considered picking up hitchhikers as a ministry opportunity. Because before we set off from where the vehicule broke down, she put in a sermon in the sterio for us to listen to on the drive back to their place. (I guess the words of the sermon were just suppose to convict and lead the hitchhikers to the gospel)
I still considered myself a Christian at that point but was believing less and less. And the hitchhikers (in their early 20's) were really cool and had rockin stories, so I turned down the sermon, and we just chatted while being towed. (Also don't chill in vehicule being towed. It can be pretty dangerous)
The part of the story where Dave prints out tracks "into all five Arabic dialects" and leaves them all over the place, I could see the Pearls doing something like this, and thinking that it was a awesome outreach.
im wondering, how long ago did you have this encounter? just because now hitchhiking (and even picking up hitchhikers) is highly discouraged. i know i (23) would be terrified. but i do consume a lot of true crime media, so i’ve heard countless stories about teenagers and young people hitchhiking and ending up in some…bad situations, let’s say.
@@chiefofthesky back in 2013? I agree picking up randos is pretty sketchy, these hitchhikers were just some 20 somethings. One of those where the vibe was chill.
@@Superwoodputtie well i'm glad you didn't get abducted anyway 🖤
Why do christians treat praying like it's the force, I'll never understand
13:00 - Ah yes, the praying to god scene, the fundamentalist christian equivalent of the mirror scene in every terrible YA novel written the last 15 years
Perfect analogy
Shiane(?) is not written like a normal 22-year-old woman. If she acted as she is written, as Rachel said, she would be terrible. However, she is written like a child which is wild. Like the weirdest things about her that don't seem natural would be very normal for a like 12 or younger person and that's just super gross.
seeing book reviews like these make my lifelong dream of being a published author seem more attainable 😁
Yesssss! You can absolutely do it! 😄
Don't worry; it CAN be done! ^_^ I'm in talks to get my first book published myself! :-)
@@TheMouseAvenger Congrats! It's really great to hear success stories from other authors. I'm not published, but I'm working on my first novel myself
Same! Like the novel I'm working on needs a LOT of editing, but listening to this, there are such HUGE things that need editing in this one (even just stylistically--the racism and Islamophbia make it beyond editing and instead only worthy for a shredder) that I feel rather encouraged! Like, what is even the point of that first chapter before Asher's move? Start the book with him arriving in the new town, someone says how good it is he's there to pick up Dan's work, done. I have to wonder how many books Debi's even read. Knowing how people in their circles feel about reading fiction in particular, I imagine it's not very many, or not widely.
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Thank you for all the emotional labor you do to make these difficult videos, Rachel
I'm Muslim at this point I lost hope in getting acceptance from the western world so I don't care no more about how people view us I just care about how i see myself and become a better person.
P.s I really love your accent 😍
First of all, Rachel’s makeup is just 😘😘👌🏼
Second of all, the whole idea that Christians and Muslims can never get along is ridiculous. My immediate family is Catholic, and my aunt is Muslim. We get along fabulously. Never ever clashed over anything. A lot of people have such a negative view of Muslims. It’s ridiculous.
19:40 as if not being 10000000% MURRICAAA is a bad thing??
I lost my dog last week. I can't even process the casualty with which the dogs death is treated. I'm devastated, I can't believe that she could even write characters that just shrug something so painful off
Sorry for your loss 💓
As an exchristian, I literally could not write a more blunt piece of satire. She literally describes evangelical hypocrisy, self-righteousness, and how prayer achieves nothing on its own. I don’t understand how she wrote this and thought it was ok
I realised many years ago that I seem to have a natural talent for poetry, or at least used to, it's a bit of a weird story but long story short I found myself in prison around 2003ish and realised I was really good at poems, I even managed to earn myself tobacco and stuff by writing them for other people's loved ones, the sad part is that due to my mental health issues all of the medications I've had to take over the decades has destroyed my memory, not to mention my motivation and self respect so I've sadly lost it gradually over the years, but I think I'll still check out the website, maybe I can regain a bit of something from the experience 🙃
I’ve also had the experience of mental health seriously impairing my ability to write, so my sympathies, fellow viewer. It’s never too late to start trying again, though! It was total rubbish at first when I started digging my way back out, but just getting something on paper was a stress reliever and a tiny win to build from. Good luck with your work if you choose to pursue it again!
@@shbondful Thank you 😊 I love writing, ever since I was little, in fact before I could even write properly I would sometimes spend hours with a pen and paper and make scribble marks like I was writing, a bit like how shorthand is done 🤣
I'll try my best, thanks for the encouragement 😊
@@DoctaOsiris I wish you luck in that endeavor!
@@CorinneA3 Thank you 🤗
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I'm horrified, yet curious about where this train wreck of a book is going
This is why white Christians trigger my fight or flight response ;-; and I say this as someone who was raised a Catholic lol
It's not unheard of to see recipes in a fictional book. One of my favorite cookie recipes came from a mystery book.
The best part of this review for me is finding out you also like TJ Klune. (i'm a huge fan)
Also, a bit of context about the Native American heritage thing, it's not uncommon for racist white americans to claim that they have some native american blood of some kind. As a way of saying 'I know what they're going through, I'm ALSO part of that culture' and claiming it as part of some exoticism while still being safely white in the same vein as yellow fever. It's VERY unlikely that woman the character is based on has Native American heritage and is just claiming it because she is fetishizing it.
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Writings like this book are not offensive to me-- they are existentially terrifying. The intent to do harm is evident and palpable and this book is not alone in promoting that kind of hate. But 'hate' isn't enough of a word for what this *does* to people, for how this kills people, erases cultures, replaces *our* selves with hollow vessels that our narcissistic rulers fill up with *them* selves. The author doesn't 'need to stop'. People like this do not stop themselves, they go on to support death camps.
"Offensive to almost every person you can think of." Haha, awesome sound bite. I imagine it gracing the back cover of the book itself.
Boomers who continue to unironically call Native Americans "Indians" is something that makes my blood boil. And absolutely everything she wrote about that character is fetishization. I doubt she's spoken to one native american woman in her life.
Many of NA people continue to call themselves "Indians", actually, and many prefer it to "Natives". Other prefer "indigenous". Look at videos made by NA creators, they explain the different opinions among their communities
@@KateeAngel I didn't know this, thank you. Any that I've known personally have been offended by being called "Indians," but I shouldn't have assumed that's across the board!
@@KateeAngel isn't it misleading to call yourself that, especially since you guys aren't actually Indians?
Interesting how the book frames it as so novel and forward-thinking of him to translate the Bible into Arabic, as if there aren't tons of Christian Arab folks in the world who have probably done that very thing a hundred times over.
yeah like Arabic is just a language, what's the big deal here lmao
@@rini9325 and she keeps calling the language "Arab", rather than "Arabic", and talks about the threat of Iran which mostly speaks Persian (I believe) and clearly doesn't know shit from clay about the Islamic religion other than "tHe MuzLiMZ R cumin!!!"
They're been Arab Christians for oh, 2,000 years.
@@Tareltonlives Try explaining that to fundy american christians.
@@melanisticmandalorian They don't even know where Aramaic comes from
That poet society thing sounds super fun.
I am more of a creative writer than a poet, but I like to dable so maybe I'll give it a try.
One of my favourite books is Red Sparrow, and it has recipes at the end of every chapter to tell you how to make the food or drink the characters are eating/drinking. It's odd... especially since it's a spy novel lmao
I've been here a very long time 🙃 and unfortunately yes, I do remember them, I'd rather not remember them, but unfortunately it's not something you can forget very easily, disgusting and vile...
Yeah, Rachel. Its really offensive to call Native/first nations people 'Indian'. It's also really old fashioned, like how the N-bomb used to be 'not a big deal'.
Damn, that's frustrating then. And it's totally reminded me of part I didn't include where Derek calls Hope and Cheyenne the s-word which I'm almost certain is a slur for Native American people?
@@RachelOates Which s-word? There's Sioux which is a word for a nation iirc (though I don't know if it's outdated or still in use or what) and sq*aw which is a really derogatory term for Native American women
@@veronicadow1407 I think the s word might be savage. That’s the only one I can think of that could also be offensive.
@@veronicadow1407 since they're female, I would assume the second.
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Why aren't they cancelled man. They're absolutely disgusting.
Thank you for not reading out the passages about the dog's death. Gratuitous violence against animals really upsets me.
When you reviewed "To Train a Child" I got the strong impression that the Pearls are both sadists. This book just confirms that (and adds in some additional really disturbing elements - as if "To Train a Child" wasn't disturbing enough).
"Is Debi aware of how hypocritical she is" is the wrong question. "Me = Good, Everything Else = Bad" is the sum total of the belief system. There's no inconsistency, hypocrisy, debate, room for interpretation; there's no reasoning beyond "I AM RIGHT AND WHAT I WANT IS RIGHT." Narcissism's final form.
I'd say the most dangerous hypocrisy is always believing you're right and never capable of evil or harm. It always boils down to someone ignoring the damage they cause because they don't care. This type of hypocrites will always deflect any honest conversation about beliefs to validate themselves.
Oh no
The pearls just need to stop.
This egregious couple are Pearls that would rightly offend any swine before whom they were cast. 😉🐷
Breathing. But I'l take communicating.
i call their toll-free number non-stop, i know business rates for toll-free numbers are pennies but still, i feel there is value in reaching into their pockets and wasting their resources that'd otherwise go towards encouraging foster parents to brutalize and murder orphans etc
@@filthforce nice one 😁
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This book is full of a bunch of offensive trash, but the way Debi fetishizes Indigenous women makes me (a good amount of my mom's side of the family are/were Seneca) feel profoundly uncomfortable. On top of making the super fetishized woman a servant of a very militant version of a colonizer religion that was used as a tool of cultural erasure and HOLY CRAP I FEEL UNCLEAN.
After your last couple videos on debi, I realized I had one of her books sitting on a shelf (the helpmeet one...ew) that was given to me by a family member before I got married. Didn't even donate it because I hate the message - I yeeted that ish right in the trash after years of sitting aimlessly with my other books
55:18 beautiful summary for those of us that were getting a bit lost. Thanks for putting yourself through the ordeal of reading this; I don't think I'd make it more than ten pages in. Love the video!
Just came home on a friday evening, making an awesome dinner now while watching an over one hour long video by Rachel. Life is good.
Thank you for putting out such fantastic content with everything going on! Insightful and witty as always
I’m sorry, I can’t take Debi seriously when she wants her characters to curse but they say, “D#&# you”, “What the heck” or “Blankey blankey dog!” It’s ok if you don’t want to swear yourself; but if you are going to have the character curse, have them say the actual swear word or say something like ‘Derek cursed under his breath.’ or something like that.
As a Christian writer, I'm not comfortable with characters saying stuff like 'Oh my God' or 'Damn' (that one's worse here than in English-speaking countries), so I work around it. Swearing without cursing is a great way for me to come up with something creative, writing something like heck or blank or using #$&%* just feels incredibly lazy
I was here when you uploaded the how to train up a child vids that’s how I found you and I’m so glad you keep up with Debbie pearl. I experienced orthodox Pentecostal Christianity starting at age 12 and the pearls are shockingly close to their ideology
Thanks for this channel, the work you put in and the content you provide Rachel. You're a genuinely lovely and beautiful person inside and out. On many occasions, you have inspired me, especially with regards to being open and honest about your mental health issues - you and others have made me see that I can be open with those close to me about such matters. I often wish I could be as brave and bold as you are. Keep up the good work 👍.
Thank you so so much ❤
@@RachelOates Don't mention it 😀. Just keep being who you are and putting out the great content you make 💯👍.
Once again, thanks for all you do !
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Hi Rachel! I love to see you full of energy, I send you lots of love from Chile!! Instead of burning the book you could do a video recycling the paper and turning it into a new notebook. It would be fun to watch the process in my opinion and I bet you would enjoy crafting something new and artsy 😊
Please do a more in-depth review of the subservient to men themed book! I'd love to see it :)
With a sick fascination so would I.
this makes me so angry why is this woman not in jail for child abuse
the whole bit with "our little mary" (augh) sounds like the beginning of an episode of criminal minds
also, having native american characters who are trying to convert everyone in the world to christianity??? how does she not h e a r herself!!!!!
That dog scene was trying so hard to be splatterpunk-esque, but Debi couldn't pull it off and half-assed it.
I turn 22 in September. I’m not even dating, let alone planning to get married. Debbies character descriptions are extremely odd and honestly a bit creepy at times. Chapter 10 OMG!!!
My dog just passed away tonight but weirdly this video distracted me. He was a staffy to. He died from cancer. And I recently lost another dog a couple of months ago. So life is to much for me right now. But thank u for this xx
Also, your make up looks super good today!!
Haven't finished the video yet but I'm looking forward to seeing you tear this horrible writing by this terrible person apart once again.