Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology by Leah Remini

17 reviews

twistykris's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Stalking, and Pregnancy

Minor: Drug use, Homophobia, and Kidnapping

bapinada's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Ableism

maddy4prezident's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

3.75

I love Leah Remini's heart. You can tell how much she cares about justice and that she isn't afraid to own up to her own mistakes. She's flawed and messy, but she's human, and the way she relays her experience in Scientology is heartfelt and inspiring.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Religious bigotry

chris_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Homophobia and Stalking

missgrangerr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

2.0

I was expecting more of a tell-all Hollywood style, however the book's main focus is on Scientology. I did find it interesting, the church is out there after all, but the book lacked a little for me. Some stories I would have liked to read more about she instead brushed over to get to another incident with the Church.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Stalking

sareidle's review against another edition

challenging funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Homophobia

nickshutter's review against another edition

challenging funny informative medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction and Alcohol

vezreads's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad fast-paced

3.5

This was super readable, I devoured it in like a day, which is rare for me with non-fiction books. It definitely spilled some tea on the inner workings of Scientology and Hollywood which was delicious (let's be frank, I read it for the drama). So overall I liked it. Having said that though I think Leah Remini felt like Scientology's only real problem was that L. Ron Hubbard was no longer at the helm. She wrote this book only two years after leaving the church and I feel like she still had a lot to unpack. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child abuse and Fatphobia

Minor: Homophobia and Kidnapping

etherealmirai's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Stalking

zazzyb's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

4.25

Leah Remini is nothing but honest in her tell all tale. She doesn't shy away from admitting her mistakes. She knows she isn't perfect and she doesn't care.
This is the second book I have read about someone escaping scientology and again it all ties together, its interesting to see the prospective of someone within the celebrity centre who was higher up than most. 
I really respect Leah remini for her ongoing search for Shelly miscaviage and her work to bring scientology to justice and it really shows how much she has grown from her start in this book. 

0.75* knocked off because I did find her discussion around her acting career slightly boring but that's me, I never saw Kings of queens so her comments about her career went over my head, 

Overall though an enjoyable read about escaping/leaving the cult of scientology

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, and Classism