Reddit reviews Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape

The documentary mentioned they "send the children away" so parents can focus on the Church. I highly recommend Jenna Miscavige's book if you want deep insight to growing up in Scientology and what's done to children at those camps.

Anyone who has read Going Clear and Beyond Belief has been wondering where the FUCK have the Feds been on this? It's LONG overdue to raid their compounds. To hell with the Judicial nightmare that waits. Justice is supposed to be blind, not turning a blind eye ...

I started (and finished in like 24hrs) Beyond Belief which is a memoir of David Miscavige's niece growing up in Scientology. If you liked Going Clear, it has a lot of the same stuff. Reading/learning about the CoS makes me feel icky but I'm also morbidly fascinated by it so yeah stayed up til 2am on Christmas reading it

I'm also trying to get myself to read more short stories, so I bought The Best American Short Stories book. It's good! I always get sad because I want to live with the characters longer than a short story allows me to haha.

I also recently read Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World -- somehow totally missed the Murakami cultural movement -- so I'm considering starting 1Q84 but it's daunting. For now, I'm trying to restart Infinite Jest for like the fourth time (although actually getting somewhere now!).

Also also earlier this year I read Salinger and I fell even more in love with him/his stuff than I already was so I'm now working my way (slowly) through his whole oeuvre of short stories and whatnot.

It can be very confusing. If you are really curious read a book on it, like this one, this one, or this one. It's honestly a fascinating subject. The things they have done and do are pretty crazy.

Read this book and you'll confirm that you're right. Fortunately for some scientologists, it's a temporary insanity. These lucky ones regain their sanity and get the fuck out.