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Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them by Max Cutler
7 reviews
avonleegrace's review against another edition
2.75
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder
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
wholelotofweird's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Mental illness and Torture
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
onmalsshelf's review against another edition
2.0
As someone who listed to the podcast Cults that this book is based on, this book reads just like the podcast episodes that cover each of these cults. Would not surprise me if they just took the transcripts, cleaned them up, and sent to the publisher.
Beyond that, all of the cults mentioned here are some of the most famous cults that probably everyone already knows about. With how many cults were covered in the podcast, I wish a few more lesser known ones were included here.
Additionally, again as someone who listened to the podcast it’s hard to fathom why the podcast hosts weren’t included in the audiobook narration cast. I found myself wishing Greg and Vanessa were the ones sharing everything as the book was basically just a large podcast transcript.
Sorry to my true crime book club that had to read this for our October 2022 pick.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis