Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell

23 reviews

twilightfan420's review against another edition

funny informative medium-paced

4.0

This book rocks. I love the blend of personal anecdotes with interview-reporting and sociological research. It reads seamlessly and offers such a new take on cults. As a writer myself, I can’t believe I hadn’t looked into language like this before! Thank you Amanda Montell for making me do so. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Trafficking

tender_onion's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Cultural appropriation, and Gaslighting

spindeln's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

Not only was this book informative and insightful, but it was also so digestible and fun to read. I’ll probably be recommending it a lot.

Considering that the only two books I have rated 5 stars this year are non-fiction, I should probably read more non-fiction.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Trafficking and Cultural appropriation

sydneybedell's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, and Trafficking

aguattery's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

My only need is that sometimes the sections within the parts seemed to end on a random note rather than tying things up nicely. Other than that, the context was fascinating and I loved that the author brought in her own experiences on top of the academia of it all. Really recommend this. It also felt like she wasn't talking or looking down on people who joined cults, but rather putting the owness on American culture and cult leaders which was refreshing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

Moderate: Cursing, Violence, and Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual assault and Trafficking

dumaurier's review against another edition

informative fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Violence, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation

dealingwithdragons's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Cursing, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Confinement, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Vomit, Trafficking, Stalking, Abortion, and Alcohol

Cults and "cultish" organizations do a lot of terrible things.

yeojinqueen's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

okarenhelena's review against another edition

dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cancer

og_tomatogirl's review against another edition

dark funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Cultural appropriation

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Trafficking, and Sexual harassment