This is both a beautiful critique and spot on. It is encouraging to see another Scientology memoir coming from a major publishing house, yet this book holds the same disappointments as Leah Remini's memoir - it comes from the perspective of the privileged class of ex-members who were NOT personally subjected to the vast majority of Scientology's psychological and human rights abuses.

So while Remini has said she has no regrets over the time and money she invested in her advanced Scientology membership, Ron says he still believes there is a lot of value in the beliefs and practices. More importantly, had Ron not been ostracized from his children he would have never spoken out, which speaks volumes in regards to other Scientology authors who speak out because they can't stomach the thought of what happened to them happening to others. Both of these views are the minority opinion when compared to the far more devastating and heart wrenching self-published Scientology memoirs from ex-members that did live through the full gamut of Scientology abuses. Hopefully, the major gain and long term value of Ron's disappointing tome is that it inspires more sales of the dozen or so other comprehensive take-downs of Scientology that do a far better job of telling people everything they need to know about this abusive cult in one single text.