Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell

239 reviews

roniread's review against another edition

I loved part 1-4 and was reading through it so fast and it was so interesting but after MLM and getting what i wanted most. Part 5 + 6 felt like a chore to finish. So i glazed through them but still found no spark in reading it as indepth i did with 1-4.

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Graphic: Suicide and Violence

readbooksovermygrave's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Moderate: Suicide

jtpgdavey's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

3.5

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Moderate: Suicide, Bullying, Murder, and Gaslighting

beccasova's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Minor: Sexual assault and Suicide

Discusses the influence of speech and language in cults, and how it has been used in modern marketing today.

mgaff57's review against another edition

dark funny informative medium-paced

3.25

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Graphic: Suicide

kimib79's review against another edition

This author seems clueless. She has very little life experience, which is extremely problematic since many of her examples appear to be anecdotal. She has far left-leaning beliefs which seem to taint her perception of the information presented. Basically, she doesn't present anything new or useful. The reason this book is even tolerable is that the subject of cults is interesting.

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Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

cassiebartelme's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

3.0

An interesting look at how language is the driver behind cults from Scientology to Tupperware all the way to Soul Cycle. 

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Moderate: Gaslighting and Suicide

camilla_perotti's review against another edition

informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

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Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

maximauve's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Graphic: Racism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Emotional abuse, Death, Mass/school shootings, Police brutality, and Suicide

aysha_blake's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Rape, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Racism, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, and Police brutality