Going Clear

(I started this on audiobook and listened to about ~10 hours of it that way and then finished it in print when I got home. The audiobook is fine, but I don't think the narrator necessarily adds anything to it here, and it was kind of annoying to have audio footnotes.)

Anyway, this was TOTALLY FASCINATING. Like, I knew Scientology was weird, but... WHOA.

I also appreciated Lawrence Wright's in-depth research and even handedness. Like, I basically agree that pretty much all religions have things that sound bonkers and have to be taken on faith. Are thetans really that much weirder than the idea that we have immortal souls that will live on in heaven?

That said, of course, the documentation of all the kidnapping and such is just... hard to process?? Also after reading about all the ways the Church of Scientology goes after people who speak out about it made me really admire Lawrence Wright (and his team of factcheckers, etc) for publishing this book. WOW.

anyway, SUPER interesting and I definitely also want to watch the documentary.