5 out of 5 quills ~~ A Book Review
Most people, who have not been seduced into a cult, are fascinated by them. For example, I find it hard to imagine subjugating myself totally to a ‘family’, a group, a commune of people with one belief. Coming under the spell of one person (usually a man) who preaches whatever just to lure you in. To give up all my worldly possessions, including money (first red flag) and surrendering my mind and soul. 
But death, grief, depression, tragedy, desperation can and does drive thousands of people to hundreds of cults across this country. The Goodbye Man takes the reader into a fictional cult who promises immortality. Jeffery Deaver weaves a wonderful story with a plot that twists and turns with regularity. He writes with a flare that is slightly scary and causes a pit of fear in the bottom of the reader’s stomach.
The irony, for me, was I kept seeing Donald Trump in the Deaver’s character, Master Eli (the Leader). The cadence of Eli’s speech, the repetition of certain words, (‘gorgeous’, ‘the best ever’, ‘the best in his class’, etc.) and the lies that no one could fact-check. When a cult expert was consulted (in the story) they listed the narcissist traits in cult leaders and really!… Donald Trump was all over the page. The parallels were so starkly drawn for this reviewer, I couldn’t help but comment on it.
Cult Leader Donald Trump
all consuming ego all consuming ego
attacks his enemies attacks his enemies
lashes out in anger lashes out in anger
an absolute belief that he’s always an absolute belief that he’s always right
right
won’t listen to advice or criticism won’t listen to advice or criticism
paranoid paranoid
craves worship and adulation craves worship and adulation
and…sorry, America but….43% of you are in the biggest cult existing in modern history.
I thoroughly enjoyed this read and highly recommend it.
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I feel so good to see that I’m not the only one seeing The Donald in Deaver’s pages! Love your comments.
Someone in the 57%!!
Haha. The Goodbye Man, Jeffery Deaver’s latest offering, is spooky in its timeliness. Right?
It hit me seeing Trump pretty early on. I’m On page 276 and finally had to see if others see it that way. January can’t happen soon enough.
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Omg I thought Deaver was being political after all his other books I’ve read of his. Page 87 first paragraph I wrote besides it ?Trump? Your review was spot on, help us!
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Deaver wrote a timely and eerily familiar story about cult leaders which I believe Trump to be, if not something worse. Cheers, Trish