" Fascinating topic, but the book was somewhat mundanely written. I never got a true sense of why Sarah stayed in the cult despite glaring red flags even early on. I got that she thought the group would "change the world" - but how? This is never convincingly delineated. As for her "personal growth" - this seems limited early on to her stopping bugging her boyfriend to come to bed with her at the same time. How is this worth thousands of dollars? A good therapist likely could have worked out that issue for a lot less financial and emotional commitment. "
— Ian, 11/24/2019