Review by tayloremily -- The Cult Next Door

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[Following is a volunteer review of "The Cult Next Door" by Elizabeth R. Burchard, Judith L. Carlone.]

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4 out of 4 stars

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The Cult Next Door

By Elizabeth R. Burchard, Judith L. Carlone

After reading The Cult Next Door by Elizabeth Burchard, I have to say I feel more educated on cults and their affect on humanity. I often watch documentaries on cults because I enjoy educating myself on everything. Reading this book was more satisfying to me. I rate this book 4 out of 4 stars. There were zero spelling and grammar errors and I could tell it was professionally edited. The author did a fantastic job at describing the cult individuals, their personalities before and after being part of it, and her story of the whole experience.


Elizabeth Burchard described her life from abused childhood to cult life adulthood sparing no dirty details. Her mother was a difficult woman to grow up with, although they were all each other had, that is until George came along. After countless expensive and useless experiences with stress doctors Elizabeth and her mother find themselves obsessed with George and his fascinating dialogue and procedures. Eventually, as the title shares, they become involved in a cult with George as their leader, but they don't even know it. Twenty years pass by, with every earned penny being given to George, his need for controlling others and being a dictator of his own little world become too much for Elizabeth. She slowly trains her mind to old known ways of thinking, rather than staying trapped in his brainwashed ways, she opens her eyes and a new world welcomes her.


I enjoyed this story, for one reason true stories always grab my attention and my heart. It amazes me the things that go on in this world that so many people are blind too. It takes a brave soul to be able to bare her heart and soul in a book about something devastating that happened to her personally and within her family. I applaud the author for this.


There are too many true stories or cult activity in this world, among other things that go unnoticed and police seem to do nothing about because of what they qualify as a crime or not. I am a woman of faith in Jesus Christ myself and I cannot stand a man or woman who would act in the ways George did. To me he seemed to be the AntiChrist. Claiming to be God or that we all can be God, this is blasphemy. For Elizabeth to be able to call him on it and get away is amazing. She didn't claim to know God, but I sensed she knew of him and tried to draw close to him. For without God she could not have gone through with it. She speaks of religion throughout the book and finds Judy, a Catholic woman who became her best friend. Because of her she got out. She also is part author of this book.


I would highly recommend this book to any adult reader who prefers to educate themselves on reality. This book is a story about a cult literally next door to the authors home. This goes to show that this behavior goes on all around us whether we know it or not. Anyone with children would be wise to read such a story too.

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