331 reviews for:

A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology

Mike Rinder

4.22 AVERAGE

eviealv's review

Wow, this was a harrowing story but wonderfully told. I appreciated Rinder's straightforward, candid style when describing the very intense world he spent the first several decades of his life in. The abuses he experienced and witnessed were just so shocking to read. His description of his time in The Hole particularly was just heartbreaking but his story of how he got out was really inspiring. Highly recommend!

biblioberuthiel's review

4.0

Not a lot of new info here if you've read/watched Rinder in other places but it's good that he finally got his own book out.

faithsdaisy421's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

kdestephano's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.5

nastja943's review against another edition

slow-paced

2.0

kat_scratches22's review

5.0

I went into this with a pretty good knowledge of the crimes and horrid acts committed by the cult of scientology, but this book really lays out the insane details that made me physically cringe. I applaud Rinder for his strength for fighting them to this day apparently, considering the amount of negative reviews obviously left by brainwashed scientology cultists. I can't believe this abusive religion is still allowed to flourish.

sarah_betty's review

2.0

If you have seen Mike Rinder in anything before you really don't need to read this book.

eleagree's review

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Minor: Death and Violence

matthub33's review

challenging informative tense medium-paced

4.25

morganlhooper's review

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.0