Reviews tagging 'Violence'

New American Democracy Alternat& Cult War Pk by

8 reviews

directorpurry's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Incest, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Violence

Moderate: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Racism

Minor: Abortion

lilybear3's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

American Cult features over 20 artists to tell stories of various cults in United States history.  There were different approaches to narration and storytelling for each cult group.  The first-person reflection/reminiscent POV through the eyes of a teen in the Sullivanians is really effective.  While an all-knowing POV explained the complexities of the MOVE cult well.  For me, the standouts were the stories on: Warren Jeffs, NXIVM, Westboro Baptist, and the Sullivanians.  These are just a quick glimpse into the cults and only scratch the surface.  There are plenty of books and other true crime media to delve into them deeper.  There's definitely enough cults in our history for there to be a sequel book.

Any content warning you could think of is in this book so read with care.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Pedophilia, Violence, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Xenophobia, and Bullying

Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, Rape, Addiction, Cursing, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Torture, and Child death

Minor: Abortion and Trafficking

emmehooks's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Gun violence, Violence, Suicide attempt, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Trafficking, Racism, Child death, Pedophilia, and Rape

Minor: Incest, Vomit, and Police brutality

cmend22's review against another edition

dark informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Racism, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Classism, Sexual violence, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Child death, Body horror, Murder, Violence, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Sexism, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Hate crime, Incest, Homophobia, Confinement, Toxic relationship, and Medical content

westcdf's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

3.5

I wasn't particularly impressed by this book. Each cult given a short chapter, some of which were interesting and some were misses. A few cults didn't go into the cult itself, assuming that you knew enough outside of this book. The artistic style was varied, and there were a few chapters that you could barely read because of the art. I don't think I would recommend this book, but it wasn't horrible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexism, Racial slurs, Suicide, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Stalking, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Antisemitism, Rape, Miscarriage, Incest, Hate crime, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Racism, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, and Homophobia

katemarieslibrary's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Death, and Incest

grboph's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

This was a really nice, quick read that was also very educational. Cults are kind of my pet interest, so I'm always looking for good things to watch or read about them. This covered a lot of the ones I already knew and taught me a lot about ones I hadn't heard of. I also really liked seeing all the different art styles and the variety of ways the different stories were presented. My only criticism of this book would be that not all of the groups covered could always be classified as cults (some of them are definitely more out-there religions) because the criteria used by the editor (who I don't believe is an expert on cults) is kind of subjective - I think they would have been better off using the BITE model or something like that. Regardless, this was a great read that I would recommend to anyone interested in cults or likes graphic novels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

honestly just kind of every trigger warning in the book for this one - it covers some really violent and horrible groups led by terribly evil and abusive people and since it's a graphic novel there are visual depictions of a lot of it

actionleaguemeow's review against another edition

dark funny informative medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, and Violence