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This was a very informative book on not only the Love Has Won cult but also the history of cults and the broader new age spiritual movement has spread throughout America and become part of every day life.
I really enjoyed the structure of the book, with jumps back and forth between the story of the Love Has Won founder and stories about other spiritualists from the past and present.
I definitely recommend this one, and think that anyone who has an interest in cults, spiritual movements, and American history would find this interesting. There were some thought provoking connections made between the various spiritual movements and beliefs and things that are happening politically in America today. It felt quite timely.

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This book dragged a bit and I did find it over informative if that's possible. I did love this book though, I've watched a few different documentaries on Love Has Won and this added so much knowledge to me. It was easy to follow and overall really interesting. I listened to this on my tv and my wife who doesn't normally enjoy the genre found herself very interested in parts.

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Blazing Eye was a wild ride! Great on audio. I liked the exploration of Love Has Won but also the history of "new age" mystical groups. It was well structured and propulsive.

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Blazing Eye Sees All takes the following of Amy Carlson and connects it to numerous other areas of New Age Spiritualism. Honestly sounded great, but it wasn't organized in a way I could easily follow. Things felt shoehorned in to places where they didn't belong, and the rise of Love Has Won felt rushed. I already had a background of this group through the HBO documentary (highly recommend), and this didn't keep me very interested despite the story being so incredibly out of this world (I had to).

The audio was great, I think I got further along because I was listening to the audio rather than reading. The narrator was very good.

Thank you to Hachette Audio and NetGalley for an audio ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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