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

medium-paced

3.5

This book was okay, but I think I was set up to be disappointed in it by what I consider to have been overly enthusiastic praise from several people whose ideas and opinions I generally find valuable. There was nothing particularly wrong with the writing but nothing particularly good about it either, and I disagreed with several of the author’s conclusions. It’s worth a read if you’re interested in the subject of how cults use language, but despite my interest in the subject matter I found I had to drag my way through reading it.