The title states that this book delves into the mind of Keith Raniere. This book delves into the mind of the author. Furthermore, Natalie wants to be important in the history of NXIVM, which disturbed me, given how many people have suffered. She states at least once, and has cult expert Rick Ross state twice in his intro, that she was the first to take Raniere down. The evidence doesn’t pan out, frankly, *even in her own book*; it’s not that simple. And it doesn’t matter. I have seen this distasteful behavior before, concerning the FLDS trial, and who was the first whistleblower. One book, which I won’t name here, is a lie, because it was published during the beginning of the trial, because the person was in such a hurry to make Natalie’s same claims.

I hung on through Natalie’s awkward and unprofessional narration after that red flag at the beginning. The book ends with her giving cutesy shoutouts to several different jurors—“I loved the way you rolled your eyes, Juror 12”.

This book is all about Natalie.

Two things:

Great interview in this book with my friend John Passarella, who wrote the kickass novelization for Halloween 2018.

Everything that’s wrong with any of the Halloween sequels, or Rob Zombie’s movies, can be traced back to Bob and Harvey Weinstein. That’s not a generalization.

3 1/2 ⭐️The narration for this audiobook is top notch, but I would still recommend against it, because this story is complicated. Extremely. Harwood is quite talented in weaving disparate details into a multilayered mystery. This one is particular has not only several moving parts, but many, many characters and two generations. I think I got a little lost in parts due to its complexity, the audio format, and the switching of narrators.
That being said, it also has the most creative seance cabinet ever, and it is extremely evocative of mid-19th century London.