Zealot
A book about cults

Cults and dark humor? Um, yes, please. 👏🏻 Jo Thornely is a delight! She provides a glimpse into several of the world’s most infamous cults - something I’m mildly obsessed with. This book will either satisfy your curiosity, or pique it further, leaving you craving more in-depth books on each disturbi......more

It so bums me out when the Goodreads review that appears first for a book, so with the most likes, is a totally negative one. Is it just me or does it seem like that happens A LOT? I mean I'm guilty of writing some seethingly negative reviews, but still. What a frigging shame that it's the case for......more

Cults, in one form or another, have been with us since the year dot. Belief in and dedication to a cult appears to be one of humanity’s great pastimes, and they can and do exist in many forms. Some are quite benign, but there are others which result in terminal disasters. It is usually the latter wh......more

This book delves into a topic that fascinates many people from all walks of life. How is it, we wonder, that seemingly normal people like you and me, could allow themselves to be led, so willingly, to their destruction? Unfortunately, for me, the author's writing style is so full of sarcasm and poor......more

Cults are always fascinating to learn about, however, Thornely's intention in writing this book was not in educating the reader on these cults and how they operated, but rather to entertain the reader with her dry sarcasm and blatant disregard for just how despicable these cult leaders were. These w......more