A review by harryjandrews_99
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell

funny informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

3.75

Really enjoyed this book about the language of Cults it really puts into perspective how followers and leaders control and manipulate one another into following and abiding their belief systems. I felt some points were repeated occasionally but they were still interesting as they were put into examples of different cults

e.g. the point about thought terminating clichés arose often, which was a phrase I hadn’t heard before and was interested to learn about, but was put into context for different cults like Scientology and then Jonestown