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mary_reads_a_book 's review for:
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
by Amanda Montell
informative
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
From religious (or non-religious) cults that you’ve seen plastered on the news to MLMs to fitness cults to political and digital media age cults, and many more that don’t really fit into a category, Cultish covers it all. Focusing on the language that is used to enthrall (entrap) the likely and unlikely followers to commit their lives, and money, to such bizarre causes.
I personally loved the style in which the author wrote, but I did listen to this one and it felt like I was listening to a podcast with a fun, informed host with a revolving door of guest ex-cult member guests.
I felt the “fitness cults” portion was a bit long for its content and began to feel repetitive. And although the author does talk about the language used for each cult, and cult type mentioned, being that the book is named after the discussion of the language, the majority of the book was just explaining various cults (which I found fascinating but I can see how some could argue that title is a bit misleading).
I personally loved the style in which the author wrote, but I did listen to this one and it felt like I was listening to a podcast with a fun, informed host with a revolving door of guest ex-cult member guests.
I felt the “fitness cults” portion was a bit long for its content and began to feel repetitive. And although the author does talk about the language used for each cult, and cult type mentioned, being that the book is named after the discussion of the language, the majority of the book was just explaining various cults (which I found fascinating but I can see how some could argue that title is a bit misleading).