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Excellent read! Although most was a re-cap of what I already knew, there was a fair bit of jaw dropping reveals that had me🤯🤯🤯

We are never going to save Tom Cruise and this is my last book on Scientology, this book covers it all. I've heard most of the horror stories from other sources, but I liked that this book covers LRH's super shady past and how it all got started. But Im done reading about it all, its frustrating.

Interesting book, I knew a good bit already from other documentaries I've watched. The one thing I learned from this is quite a good bit of people that leave Scientology run by David Miscavige are still practicing Scientologists.. they just have issue with the leadership but they still believe in the values of their church. #8 #2019 #primereads

Airport reading.

Starting this next... looks interesting...

Such a fascinating cult!

This was great in the way of the objective history of scientology; less shock and awe than some other scientology-related material. Don't get me wrong though, there were plenty of WTF moments, but if you want to know how and why L Ron Hubbard started this [religion] and how it evolved into the monster it is today, then this is a great place to start!
#audiobook

Ok, I'm a quarter of the way through and I've "wtf'd" to myself so many times.
We've touched on hazing, cultural cleansing of a sort, and the fact that this wasn't even originally intended to be a "religion," but for tax purposes it just made sense. ??

#noteworthyNovember day 4: This has been on my tbr list for a while. Even as someone who is non-religious (I️ use the term very loosely here), religions/cults and their ties to human nature fascinate me. Has anyone else seen the #Scientology commercials they‘ve rolled out to recruit people? Good luck, guys. Leah‘s pretty much done them in.

Some #scientology books I‘ve read. It‘s a scarily fascinating business.
#noteworthynovember @Jess7

Things I don't understand.

1. #scientology
2. What strange magic exists inside my book bag. I went to the library for one book and magically came home with a full bag.

I realize this is a pretty loose interpretation for #noteworthynovember. I hope that's okay.

@Jess7

Here are a couple of books about a very secretive and obscure "religion." #ShhSecrets #AwesomeAutumnBooks

Overall, this was a fantastic read though a bit chaotic in certain chapters, possibly because of how much info was crammed in. In her disclaimer, the author states that she did her darndest to use sources without a grudge against Scientology, but that many of her sources later went on to become vocal about their suffering. I feel like there are at least two big movies trapped in the pages of this book. The chapter titled Lisa is especially scary.

"The more he thought about it, Hubbard told O'Brien in his April 1953 letter, the more 'the religion angle,' as he put it, seemed to make sense. 'It's a matter of practical business.'"

4.5?story 5?narration I think the only thing crazier than what's going on in American politics is this "religion". From L. Ron Hubbard's eccentricities to David Muscavie's takeover, from wrongful deaths to forced labor and imprisonment, from the zealotry of Tom Cruise to second generation young people, this covers the church. Very interesting indeed! I want to learn still more.

Going from one big, investigative audiobook to the next! Review of Dreamland tomorrow. Really hitting #nonfictionnovember hard 👊🏻💪🏻

What do you do when the power goes out? READ, of course! #Kindlesareawesome

Back on the road and listening to this again. @Santiago and I are enjoying learning about L. Ron Hubbard and the Sea Org, through the lens of individual interview subjects' experiences.

Today's road trip listen. So much strange, fascinating information!

A fascinating, comprehensive study on L. Ron Hubbard and the Church of Scientology.

Still reading the introduction …

It's always slightly off to me when a book written in first person by a woman is narrated by a man.