Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing by Emily Lynn Paulson

20 reviews

condls27's review

informative medium-paced

4.0

I really enjoyed this. It was educational and self-reflecting. I love how Emily broke down the cult-like control of MLMs  and their roots in white supremacy and the patriarchy. I will say, if you’re already anti-MLM you won’t really learn anything new here but I still found it worth the read. I definitely recommend the audiobook, the narration was well done and kept me engaged. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Gaslighting

bmpicc's review

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

 My current rabbit-hole is the cult of MLM's. I do have a few reservations about this one. For instance, her new sober business makes me nervous because it has a slight MLM vibe for me. That being said, I think her heart is in the right place and what she shared was 100% relatable. It is easy to be sucked in, but beware... they pray on the weak. You may be on someone's "dirt list".

I'm not sure I know anyone at this point who has not been invited to a "party", let alone how many of us have been an active part of one. Yes, even me. I sold ********* when our son was first diagnosed with allergies because we didn't know how deep his issues went. I didn't know where to turn for safe cleaning & hygiene products. I was a new mom and an easy target. We all have a story.

 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Classism, Cancer, Pandemic/Epidemic, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Alcoholism, and Racism

pmhandley's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

3.5

Really enjoyable. Paulson treats herself with grace without letting herself off the hook for the harm she's done to others. In your head you're constantly thinking "well she has to get out NOW" but she sinks further in and feels trapped. Almost couldn't believe

the getting a DUI in her new car, the night of her car party.

I do wish the ties to white supremacy were articulated better. Not because I'm skeptical (I totally can believe MLMs uphold white supremacy and a specific image of white, Christian womanhood) but because Paulson asserts it a lot without deeper analysis. I got the feeling it was a more academic area that wasn't really in her wheelhouse for a memoir. Nonetheless, her criticism of larger power structures in the context of her MLM isn't talked about enough and I thought it was valuable that she pointed it out throughout her story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexual assault and Homophobia

raereads23's review

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexism, Racism, Ableism, Classism, Emotional abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Misogyny, and Gaslighting

amsswim's review

funny informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

I liked this one. Easy to read/listen to and follow the journey she went through. As this is a topic I am very interested in, I knew a lot of the information already but there were still some new facts or perspectives I hadn't considered. This is more of a personal story and perspectives with facts rather than a strict non-fiction book, which isn't bad just worth pointing out. Would recommend to most people. Liked the content but the writing style was not really for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Sexism, Body shaming, Classism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Racism, Misogyny, and Bullying

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Sexual assault

tinytrashqueen's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

Didn't condemn MLMs as much as I feel like was warranted based on the facts and her own experiences. Also didn't dive into the issues of racism and lack of diversity as I would've expected given that white supremacy is referenced in the title. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Gaslighting, Racism, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Police brutality

Minor: Suicide attempt

amandadelbrocco's review

informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

Very informative deep dive into multi level marketing and the cultural impacts. I have been having a lot of difficulty this year with picking audio books and this was riveting and I did not want to put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Gaslighting

mountain_adventures's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

2.5

I disdain MLM. But I was intrigued to get an insiders view of how people rise to the top and what it is like up there. I certainly learned a lot of things like the *free* trip is not really *free*. I liked that she gave numbers of how much she was making at different time points and at one point she details her tax return which was helpful to get the big picture. 

On the downside, I hated the analysis into white supremacy and trauma as that could have been handled better. I would have preferred the author to just stick to her own story. The book was in need of a good content editor to keep it shorter and cut out some of the tangents on things like essential oils. The end of the book feels like a giant ad for the author's new company which was off putting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, and Gaslighting

winter_loves_cookies's review against another edition

funny informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Misogyny, and Gaslighting

Minor: Racism and Pandemic/Epidemic

mondovertigo's review against another edition

emotional informative lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, and Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual assault and Suicide attempt