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The section of the book chosen to review is perfect; my heart aches for poor Mikel. I too grew up...
In just three chapters, you can feel all the emotions of a young Mikel. You can feel him...
Wow! Something that seems so out of this world unbelievable-growing up in a crazy cult-translates...
Even though this first impression was from chapters later in the book, the writing was good...
Judging by the cover and title of the book, I would not have expected it to be about a violent...
I really don't do memoirs and I definitely don't read sad and Hollywood Park was definitely both....
I don't read many memoirs, but the opening of this one is nothing short of engaging. I think this...
So I usually don't love memoirs unless I really like or care about the person it follows. I also...
Hollywood Park is definitely more than just a “celebrity” memoir. I think the cover is great. I...
The beautifully written prose depicts a heartbreaking upbringing that I am sure will prove to be...
Mikel grows up in a cult. That sentence alone was enough to draw me in. However, the excerpt...
This is a true memoir, written beautifully and too real to be anything but heartbreaking. I've...
The cover doesn't really pull me in, but after reading the details I understand the cover. It...
Just reading the synopsis and you already feel for Mikel! I can't imagine having a family and not...
This is a complicated story of a boy and his family. There is a lot of hurt within these pages...
Wow!! This book sounds pretty intense that’s for sure. I really don’t think it would be one that...
I'm intrigued about the Church of Synanon, especially given the fact that some the members were...
I love books that prove that a terrible childhood doesn't necessarily mean a terrible adulthood. ...
Wow!! I knew a girl who was raised in a cult and she turned out fairly ‘normal’ a bit of a late...
The memoir is very interesting and intriguing. It’s very well-written. Each story flowed well...
This seems like a very depressing book that hopefully has a happy outcome, however, right now I...
I really enjoy reading about other people's life experiences and this book seems poised to offer...
Well, that was a somewhat odd place to jump into the story. Memoirs aren't typically my cup of...
These stories can be heartbreaking and intense but they are always so powerful and can really...
Reading this first look knowing it's a memoir is heartbreaking. It doesn't let up in it's...
I have actually already read this book, having borrowed an ARC copy. Would love to have my own...
This book covers a cult that I wasn't familiar with before being introduced to this arc, and I'm...
Don't get me wrong. I don't like cults but I do like reading about them and how people get out...
I love memoirs and was actually lucky enough to win this book through the publisher. I think it...
I actually had the chance to read this already and it was really good! I could not put it down....
Not sure I am prepared to go through the first part of this book. Reading it from the child...
Cult novels are always interesting because they are each a bit different, but they always have...
This is the first of these "First Impressions" that I've read that has started in the middle of...
Call me a sucker for people who start life with everything against them and end up making music...
This book will be an interesting memoir to read and see how one person's life has evolved. There...
I am surprisingly intrigued by books that discuss cults. I love to see into the lives of those...
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