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Cultos by Amanda Montell

32 reviews

clawsandjaws's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Cults have been an interest of mine. I've listened to podcasts that are geared towards true crime that have done research about the events. Very few that I've heard focused on the mentality and the loaded language and the thought terminating cliches that Amanda Montell sheds light on. 

With cited sources and plenty of references that allow insight to the thoughts that celebrities, scientists, politicians, etc. subscribe to. 

This book ultimately is more of a reminder that language is a powerful tool and it's within the best interest of everyone to pay closer attention to the way language is used today. Especially today. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Bullying

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Suicide, Classism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Racism

tender_onion's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

bootsmom3's review against another edition

funny informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Cultural appropriation, Drug use, Child death, Murder, Racism, Sexism, Body shaming, Death, Gun violence, and Misogyny

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Alcohol

amandalorianxo's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

As an English teacher, this was right up my alley. I have always wondered how people who were a part of a cult, mlm selling groups, peloton groups and others had remainder so loyal in their following. While no novel can have all the answers, this gave me some insightful insight on how the leaders we may or may not be familiar with today utilize language to get what they needed.  I love how Montell didn’t try to make this sound pretentious when it came to language as a whole. She made this relatable and easy to understand. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Death

dealingwithdragons's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

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

okarenhelena's review against another edition

dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

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

Minor: Cancer

og_tomatogirl's review against another edition

dark funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Cultural appropriation

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

atomicbritt's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Fatphobia, Racism, Xenophobia, Trafficking, and Self harm

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

Minor: Rape