Generally speaking, most of us leaned towards liking the content of the book, if not the writing style. Some highlights:
- Gave a couple of us nightmares! powerlessness, being trapped
- Intriguing topic
- Interviews on youtube more interesting than Jenna’s personal story
- Tough to get through all the childhood torture and brainwashing
- Scientology is like multilevel marketing
- From book, it was hard to figure out why adults would get into scientology
- Many of us thought that the origin of the church’s teachings, e.g., the “mind over matter” idea in Dianetics, sounds interesting; could be useful if it hadn’t turned into a cult
- Book could have been condensed into a few articles
- Lack of real information about scientology was disappointing
- Why haven’t more deserters written books?
- Reading the book left us with more questions than answers
- Paul Haggis doesn’t regret being a scientologist – there are benefits, just like in any religion
- Would have been nice to hear from Jenna’s parents
- Her aunt has been MIA for years Continue reading
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