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pitythechild's review against another edition
5.0
absolutely excellent. also completely horrifying. it accomplished the difficult task of being nonfiction, not sensationalizing what happened, and being incredibly engrossing and engaging. the cold war is a huge interest of mine so reading a book like this was very interesting to me
jenlikesbigbooks's review against another edition
dark
informative
slow-paced
3.5
Would have been 4/5, but I didn’t like the narrator.
mkaybaker07's review against another edition
4.0
MK ULTRA is huge, and there's so much we'll probably never know. But this was great, ridiculously dense at points, but still great.
tessanne's review against another edition
1.0
DNFed at page 136ish. An interesting topic, this book should have grabbed me from the start. I mean, come on, MK Ultra? What’s not to fascinate? Unfortunately, even the part I read was very repetitive and boring. Not well organized, this book could have used a lot more editing and would probably have been quite readable at half of its length if the first third is a good representation.
mostlyreadingbooks's review against another edition
3.0
The story itself is shocking and I wanted to find out more about it. Gottliebs obsession of achieving mind control and the unbelievably shocking things he approved to get to his goal are something everyone should read about.
Unfortunately I felt the book fell short and it ended up being repetitive and didn’t give enough insight for me.
I did appreciate the research that went into this book but I often felt it was just a list of sources and facts found elsewhere.
Unfortunately I felt the book fell short and it ended up being repetitive and didn’t give enough insight for me.
I did appreciate the research that went into this book but I often felt it was just a list of sources and facts found elsewhere.
panohchoc's review against another edition
3.0
Very interesting and disturbing. Well-written. Must have been incredibly difficult to research.