Awarded 4 stars out of 5, "Children of the Cult", Independent Review

Awarded 4 stars out of 5, Aurora Mizutani's "Children of the Cult", Independent Review by Reedsy Discovery “Children of the Cult”, Aurora Mizutani’s latest anthology of short stories. In Children of the Cult, Aurora Mizutani breathes life into true stories, gathering them from across the world. The common thread that cuts across these stories is ‘cultism’, which Mizutani delves into in depth in the beginning. The first story, ESOTERISM IN MUNICH, exposes the devasting effect of cultism as experienced by Gianni, an Italian man living in Germany, where he meets his wife. In THE ROBBERY, the plan to rob a jewelry store is afoot, except there’s a newly installed alarm whose location only the store manager, Paul Carson, knows. In SAMANTHA, girls are held captive by a man named Yosef, subjected to the most inhuman conditions and what’s more, Josef is lining his pockets with cash at their expense. Who will save these girls? Plights of girls aside, there’s Mitsugu, a Japanese man rejected by his country but embraced in London. As captured in MITSUGU LOST IN LONDON, Mitsugu becomes a persona non grata due to his lifestyle. Mizutani has made this book quite an adventure for readers with her simple and easy-to-understand prose. The introduction part is very informative. In a broader sense, Mizutani redefines the word ‘cult’, emphasizing the correlation between ‘culture’ and ‘cult’. According to Mizutani, a cult leader could be anyone, so long as they possess “characteristics that enable them to lead cults due to their unyielding and unscrupulous nature." Other than cultism, Mizutani also delves into the effects of divorce on children and childhood trauma, as detailed in the story VICKY, and the evil deeds happening in the strip bars, as captured in THE DANISH CLUB OWNERS. After reading this book, readers will realize cult leaders and cultism are everywhere, even in our family, as demonstrated by some of the stories here, notably CINDY’S DAUGHTER, YOSHINORI’S WIFE, and LAURA’S MOTHER. In conclusion, Children of the Cult by Aurora Mizutani is a wonderfully written short story collection that is very appropriate for adult readers.

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