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Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them by Max Cutler
10 reviews
librarymouse's review against another edition
2.5
I will not be listening to the podcast, and after the overt praise for Israel, I finished this book as a hate read.
The narrators of the audio version of the book pronounce religious terms like "vicar" oddly. There should have been some oversight to make sure a book about cults and religious movements that became cults had their terms pronounced correctly
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Infertility, Antisemitism, and Abandonment
growintogardens's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Murder
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Sexual harassment
natgeographic's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Trafficking, and Cannibalism
thedistortionist's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Suicide
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, and Sexual violence
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, and Death of parent
doomluz's review against another edition
4.0
I'd recommend this to people who are interested in cults, but don't know a lot because it's more like a brief history of each, but doesn't go much deeper.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Murder
janetbarbosa's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting
kylieabbynormal's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and War
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexism, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Stalking, and Abortion
Minor: Death of parent
jlye's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Suicide
Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, and Abandonment
hubes's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
boomwormbrittany's review against another edition
4.0
I picked up this book on a whim when I saw one of my favorite true crime YouTuber's reading it. I thought it was a really interesting read evne as someone who has studied a lot of cults. I listen to a podcast called Cult Podcast that talks about cults in depth and so I had heard of most, if not all, of these cults.
I think this book would be a great one to read if you don't know as much about cults and want to start off by learning about some of the big ones. It was a really interesting read to get the backstory of the cult leaders and how they were able to influence people to join their groups. This discuss how cults meet a certain need that people are looking for and their, usually, charismatic leaders are able to pull them in with the promise of meeting those needs and more. Once the person is in, it's hard for them to leave due to that need being met and not wanting to lose everything they feel they have dedicated to the cults.
I also liked that this book talked about some of the bigger cults but also interspersed smaller cults. While some cults were originally in the United States, it also discusses cults from other countries and showed how different belief systems were used to create a basis for the cults. I also liked that with cults that took from certain belief systems, they wanted to make it clear that not every person in that belief system practices the way that certain cults did and actually condemned how certain cults acted.
The reason this got four stars is that it talks about the psychology of cult leaders mostly. I don't like the self-diagnosis of cult leaders using psychologists previous papers that discussed narcissism and megalomania that didn't reference those cult leaders. I, personally, don't like self-diagnosing and while we can agree what these cult leaders did was egregious, I don't think we have a right to diagnose them without having a degree or background in psychology.
Overall though, I think this is great book to pick up if you are just learning about cults. It's a great jumping point to learn about their leaders, beliefs and get a general overview of cults.
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Suicide, and Murder