A review by audreylee
Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them by Max Cutler

dark informative slow-paced

2.0

"Inside the World's most notorious groups" is part of the subtitle of this book on Cults and it delivered on this premise by describing the narcissism and cruelty of the leaders and the hierarchies of each group. However, the last part of the subtitle: "Understanding the people who joined them" was less conclusive. There were vague references to self-esteem issues, histories of abuse, and personal losses but there were just as many examples of people who left behind successful families and careers and gave up all of their worldly goods to become members of, what many would consider, deranged groups. Overall, it was fine for what it was but I wish it had focused more on the victims and why they had joined the cults in the first place. Thanks to Edelweiss and the publisher for the free digital copy.
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