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Cult X
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Crime Fiction
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Publisher's Summary
The magnum opus by Akutagawa Prize-winner Fuminori Nakamura, Cult X is a story that dives into the psychology of fringe religion, obsession, and social disaffection.
When Toru Narazaki's girlfriend, Ryoko, disappears, he tries to track her down, despite the warnings of a private detective he's hired to find her. Ryoko's past is shrouded in mystery, but the one concrete clue to her whereabouts is a previous address where she lived: in a compound in the heart of Tokyo, with a group that seems to be a cult led by a charismatic guru with a revisionist Buddhist scheme of life, death, and society. Narazaki plunges into the secretive world of the cult, ready to expose himself to any of the guru's brainwashing tactics if it means he can learn the truth about Ryoko. But the cult isn't what he expected, and he has no idea of the bubbling violence beneath its surface.
Inspired by the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, Cult X is an exploration of what draws individuals into extremism. This multi-faceted novel is nothing less than a tour de force, capturing the connections between astrophysics, neuroscience, and religion. It is an invective against predatory corporate consumerism and exploitative geopolitics, and it is a love story about compassion in the face of nihilism.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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- Carol Prims
- 12-09-19
One of the few books I didn't finish
I really disliked this book. I would not recommend it to anyone. The plot was confusing. I could not tolerate reading about the rape and treatment of women in the book. It was an awful experience to stick with it as long as I did.
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- 04-11-20
Expensive and Boring
I can't believe this tedious book cost £28.99. I'm only an hour in and would gladly stop listening if it weren't a birthday present. If I wanted to listen to people droning on about the marvels of neurobiology, or Buddhist religious mumbo jumbo, I'd visit the Non-Fiction section. This is supposed to be a novel, so I wish the author would hurry up and start telling a story.
Edit: The longer I listen to this book, the more I have to defend my brain from the faulty logic behind its religious/spiritual mumbo jumbo. This isn't a good book for people who want to view the world rationally.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 07-14-21
Gross
The rape turned me off this book. Very graphic.
Did not finish as it just kept getting more graphic.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 06-20-18
Intriguing but be warned
So, I love many Japanese authors and I'm interested in cults...the author can really write and the performance is excellent BUT I stopped listening at the point where a woman who is celibate for religious reasons is tied down and raped and then enjoys it and is 'converted' into being a willing sex slave. This is focalised through the omniscient narrator, not through any one character so it is presented as the kind of thing that could really happen. Just saying...
