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aysha_blake's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Rape, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Racism, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, and Police brutality
nykolereads's review
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Religious bigotry, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, and Death
divine529's review against another edition
That said, tread lightly if you have triggers as this book deals with heavy and difficult topics at times.
I highly recommend this to everyone.
Graphic: Death, Suicide, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Murder, Racism, Confinement, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault
remimicha's review
4.0
Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Gaslighting, Murder, Mental illness, Homophobia, Violence, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Racism, Suicide, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Fatphobia
trippyotter's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Classism, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Religious bigotry
rionstorm's review
4.25
I liked that the author explored a wide range of groups, from the types of groups that would traditionally be seen as cults, to new age social media healers, MLMs, and conspiracy theory communities like QAnon, as it was really fascinating to see the same core linguistic and persuasive principals being applied in such different scenarios.
They look at both the positive and negative aspects of tight knit cultish groups, and consistently invite the reader to remain empathetic about to the factors that lead people to become part of these groups, without excusing any harmful behavior or views.
Graphic: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Suicide
Moderate: Antisemitism, Cultural appropriation, Sexual violence, Body shaming, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Pedophilia, Cancer, Racism, and Vomit
mayakinsley's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Suicide, Child death, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Pedophilia
Minor: Slavery and Sexual assault
narpetcards's review
4.75
Moderate: Gaslighting and Bullying
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Racism, and Suicide
boneloose's review
4.5
I personally went into it thinking it'd be much more of a linguistic focus (which... the title IS Cultish, of course it's primarily about cults) and wished there would have been more of a deep dive into linguistic theory as it pertains to cultish language (for example, I would have loved to see a thorough look into how the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis plays into language manipulation rather than just briefly mentioning it), but I'm not going to knock a star off an objectively incredible book because I had intially misunderstood what it was aiming to do.
Highly recommend broadly, but especially to people who think they hate nonfiction, because the writing style makes it much easier to transition into!
Graphic: Death and Suicide
Moderate: Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Trafficking
tender_onion's review
5.0
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