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alexisdillon725's review against another edition
3.75
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicide, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
danimacuk's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Suicide, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Physical abuse and Sexual assault
Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Pandemic/Epidemic
sarahjx's review against another edition
4.25
Minor: Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Violence, and Murder
katie0528's review against another edition
4.5
I did listen to the audiobook and wish it was read by the author. The narrator was fine, but Amanda Montell hosts a podcast called Sounds Like a Cult, and she is so much more engaging when discussing these topics.
Graphic: Religious bigotry and Gaslighting
Moderate: Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Trafficking
Minor: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Suicide, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Abortion, Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
caity_h's review against another edition
4.0
Minor: Child abuse and Sexual assault
fei_chan's review against another edition
3.5
Minor: Sexual assault
hexedmaiden's review against another edition
5.0
Now on to the content of this book, I think Amanda did an banger job on this and I like this should be a book that everyone and their grandma reads. If you're like me and have been listening/reading/watching anything to do with True Crime you might be familiar with not only the cults in here, but even the language used that Amanda refers to as, "Cultish." I found this book absolutely fascinating and getting to see how powerful language can truly be, for the worse and the better. How that cultish language is used by genuine cults, politicians, multi-level marketing (MLM) corporations, to even workout gyms.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicide, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, and Murder
michelles_book_nook's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Murder, and Gaslighting
growintogardens's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Suicide
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
mfrisk's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Child death, Death, and Violence
Minor: Sexual assault