Reviews

Don't Call It a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of NXIVM by Sarah Berman

a_chickletz's review against another edition

3.0

This was a story that I had had seen often in the news but did not quite understand it, beyond knowing that Alison Mack was involved and that it had to do with a cult.

I like to thank the publisher and Edelweiss for allowing me a chance to read it.

I think there was some excellent journalism here, and a very clear and linear plot line of Keith Raniere and his grooming and control over the women.

It kept escalating and escalating and the sickening bit through this all is that these are women doing these things to each other, to other women. It was painful the ritualistic things they went through all for some man who was gross as fuck to look at and talked of weird things.

abbie_reads_books's review against another edition

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3.0

ames599's review against another edition

challenging informative

3.5

torabella216's review

5.0

This book is better than any of the documentaries about Nxivm.

rerosenthal85's review against another edition

4.0

Best book I’ve read about this particular group. The investigative research is very good and the details reveal that what was happening was even sicker than other books about NXIVM I’ve read have depicted.

mhugie2's review against another edition

3.0

This was a really interesting read. Not quite what I was expecting, but I still enjoyed it. It was more of a history lesson then anything. I went in thinking it would be more of a psychological deep dive.

kimia_hyperfocuser's review against another edition

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4.5

Informative and comprehensive. Sarah Berman interviewed several people who I hadn't heard of before directly in the two documentaries and two other books I read on this case. And she procides details I found crucial in the story of the mexican sisters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

angela_juniper's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

bitesizedbeet's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

mbray341's review

dark informative reflective tense fast-paced

4.0