Review of The Cult Next Door
Posted: 30 Jun 2022, 08:41
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Cult Next Door" by Elizabeth R. Burchard, Judith L. Carlone.]
The Cult Next Door is a story by Elizabeth R. Burchard and Judith L. Carlone reflecting on a woman’s life. It also serves as a memoir, detailing the breathtaking lifetime experience that she encountered.
In the book, it appears crystal clear that Liz’s parents were not on good terms, leading to their divorce. Despite that, Liz was close to her dad. One could say she found happiness while she was with him. However, things were different with her mum. Her mum scolded her for little things, and that created life complications for Liz. There was nothing she could do to make her mother like her. When Liz was 12, she lost her dad. Not long after, her mum began suffering from hypoglycemia.
Throughout high school, Addy was Liz’s safe zone. She was the clinical social worker that her mom had consulted when the middle school psychologist diagnosed her with “social and emotional problems.” She was a remarkably empathetic woman with a healthy dose of common sense. Addy had a special place in Liz’s heart.
The book was well written and touched on certain factual points with appropriate illustrations to show ideas. In the same vein, the author included references that confirm the opinions shared in the book. This creates consistent information discovery for the reader. Readers who are fans of compelling memoirs will definitely find this very interesting and easy to read, so I recommend it to them. Believe me when I say the story is worth the time dedicated to reading. I will give the book 4 out of 4 stars.
This book gets a perfect rating from me, but that is not to say I did not find any fault with it. However, the aspect I considered to be a dislike was not sufficient to warrant the deduction of a star from the rating. I was not very fond of the moments of tragedy in the story. Reading through the tragedies faced by Liz was a bit troubling for me. However, I understand that this is a part of the story, and the story would be incomplete without the narration of these aspects of her life, and this is the reason I refused to deduct a star from the rating of this book. It was, nevertheless, a splendid read, and I had the best of times reading it. This book also succeeded in bringing me to tears a couple of times, and it has been a while since I last cried while reading a book.
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The Cult Next Door
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The Cult Next Door is a story by Elizabeth R. Burchard and Judith L. Carlone reflecting on a woman’s life. It also serves as a memoir, detailing the breathtaking lifetime experience that she encountered.
In the book, it appears crystal clear that Liz’s parents were not on good terms, leading to their divorce. Despite that, Liz was close to her dad. One could say she found happiness while she was with him. However, things were different with her mum. Her mum scolded her for little things, and that created life complications for Liz. There was nothing she could do to make her mother like her. When Liz was 12, she lost her dad. Not long after, her mum began suffering from hypoglycemia.
Throughout high school, Addy was Liz’s safe zone. She was the clinical social worker that her mom had consulted when the middle school psychologist diagnosed her with “social and emotional problems.” She was a remarkably empathetic woman with a healthy dose of common sense. Addy had a special place in Liz’s heart.
The book was well written and touched on certain factual points with appropriate illustrations to show ideas. In the same vein, the author included references that confirm the opinions shared in the book. This creates consistent information discovery for the reader. Readers who are fans of compelling memoirs will definitely find this very interesting and easy to read, so I recommend it to them. Believe me when I say the story is worth the time dedicated to reading. I will give the book 4 out of 4 stars.
This book gets a perfect rating from me, but that is not to say I did not find any fault with it. However, the aspect I considered to be a dislike was not sufficient to warrant the deduction of a star from the rating. I was not very fond of the moments of tragedy in the story. Reading through the tragedies faced by Liz was a bit troubling for me. However, I understand that this is a part of the story, and the story would be incomplete without the narration of these aspects of her life, and this is the reason I refused to deduct a star from the rating of this book. It was, nevertheless, a splendid read, and I had the best of times reading it. This book also succeeded in bringing me to tears a couple of times, and it has been a while since I last cried while reading a book.
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The Cult Next Door
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon