Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Cultos by Amanda Montell

26 reviews

ksbooknook's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Murder, and Gaslighting

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

hubristicbitch's review against another edition

dark informative

4.0

starting out this year with the queen of language: amanda montell is truly a genius and never disappoints. even though i loved “wordslut” a bit more, “cultish” was an eye-opening experience and more people should read it! it’s so important to know how powerful language can be when the wrong people know how to use it to their benefits. nowadays, being able to dissect cultish language seems to be more important than ever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicide, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Drug use, Rape, Murder, and Gaslighting

j_squaredd's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Racial slurs, and Rape

bella_cavicchi's review against another edition

informative mysterious medium-paced

4.0

What a fascinating dive into the language of cults, both traditional (Jonestown, Heaven's Gate) and not (MLM schemes, SoulCycle). Montell uses her references in such a way that it reads like a long magazine article, and so if I have one complaint, it's that I often felt that she was just skimming the surface of all there is to discuss (the rise of QAnon could have filled a whole book!). All the same, my linguistics-loving brain dug it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

Minor: Rape

caseythereader's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

 - CULTISH is a fascinating examination not only of what constitutes a cult in the modern world, but how these groups (whether technically a cult or not) use language to build their own worlds, draw people in, and keep them there.
- Particularly, the emphasis on the fact that someone getting tangled up in fringe religious groups or MLMs isn't necessarily a sign of stupidity or gullibility, rather that these organizations have carefully calibrated their pitches to bring in the most driven, committed people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol