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

3.5

The first half was really good, middle was getting repetitive especially when she started talking about fitness. I don’t understand why we had to continue saying the same thing over and over. Towards the end you can definitely see the authors political beliefs. Now I’m not political, meaning I am a true independent and believe both radical left and right are actually insane people, yet she only goes after the radical right constantly, without really making solid points on how they’re “cultish”. I hate the insane right as much as the next person but don’t act like the other side is sitting pretty and flawless. The far left can be as cultish just as the right, just because a face isn’t on the left like Trump doesn’t mean the left isn’t also sitting in an echo chamber feeding their own beliefs. But anyway, I enjoyed the book but the score got knocked down a little bit just from the bit of hypocrisy I felt at the end.
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