This book a very general overview of different cult tactics and in what type of groups you can find these tactics in, even if they're not cults. For every point made there are several examples but none are very in depth and the same groups keep popping up all over the place so the story of the specific group is a bit fragmented, which made it sometimes hard to remember which group was which. The book doesn't really capture the depth the podcast has, since it doesn't really tell a story. It's a good overview for people who know very little about cults (if you can keep track of which group is which), but for someone who listened to the podcast and is interested in cult stories, this probably won't add much. The explanations of how difficult it is for politics and law to get a handle on high control groups and cults was very interesting and new for me, but it was mainly about Australia so not super relevant for me in my European country. That said, it's not a difficult read, it's very general and somewhat superficial, but it's a decent primer if you are getting into stories about sects.