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A review by pran
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell
medium-paced
1.0
I do not believe that this book does what it sets out to do at all.
It reads like the book equivalent of a netflix documentary- so basically you don't learn more about cults or 'cultish' language than you would've if you'd read the wiki page on cults. In fact, I probably would've learned more from the wiki page.
The structure is completely all over the place and, apart from thought-terminating clichés, there wasn't really any actual linguistics in the book at all.
The cover design is nice and the audiobook was narrated well.
It reads like the book equivalent of a netflix documentary- so basically you don't learn more about cults or 'cultish' language than you would've if you'd read the wiki page on cults. In fact, I probably would've learned more from the wiki page.
The structure is completely all over the place and, apart from thought-terminating clichés, there wasn't really any actual linguistics in the book at all.
The cover design is nice and the audiobook was narrated well.