*disclaimer: I do not assign star ratings to memoirs.

This book was much better done than I expected! Having Jinger read the audiobook added a level to the experience that I appreciated. As a Christian who has spent lots of time deconstructing or “disentangling” my faith, as Jinger would say, this book means a lot to me.

I grew up in a church world theologically adjacent to fundamental Christianity, like the IBLP and Duggars. I read I Kissed Dating Goodbye and debated whether I’d please God more if I only wore skirts to be more modest. Once I went to college, I found different churches that didn’t share any of these thoughts and began wondering if my faith experience up to that point was lacking. Jinger’s thoughts echoed my own and her story is an important one to hear. I love how she has backed it with Scripture as a reminder to people who grew up in this theology that is *isn’t* biblical. 

My only wish is that Jinger could have labeled this as deconstruction, which I believe it to be, instead of just disentanglement. We can deconstruct without losing our faith, and the Church needs to be engaging this conversation in that way. We can deconstruct unhealthy and inaccurate parts of our theology without losing God and the good parts of what we know to be true.