Reviews

Terror, Love and Brainwashing: Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems by Alexandra Stein

lalvarez9's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

sapphiremarie's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.25

tsuntsun's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

3.0

I liked it but uncritically echoing Yeonmi Park's statements about North Korea doesn't really lend much credibility to this book :/

aignerloren's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.75

alexandrabree's review against another edition

4.0

I would have to read this a dozen times to get all the info out, I reread several chapters as I went along.
Might use it as an essay source in the future.

rbogue's review against another edition

I don’t think about it as my cult experience. I don’t process the interaction with Scientology as a near-miss with a cult. However, Terror, Love, and Brainwashing: Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems helps me to realize how close I really was. (See my review of The Paradox of Choice for more on this interaction.) I learned more about the recruiting methods, the progressive disconnect from reality, and the isolation that occurs as a part of a cult.

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inkybookwyrm's review

I'm not sure if it is the text or the narrator, but this audiobook cannot hold my attention.

oldenbergreniere's review against another edition

4.0

This book gives a straightforward and academic explanation of cults using Behavioral Psychology methodology.

It summarizes the works of Robert Jay Lifton, Hannah Arnedt and Steve Hassan in explaining the cultic mindset.

peterpanic's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

doctorjessie's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

3.0