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From reading this book, I learned that Tom Cruise is an a$$hole, a 'merchant of chaos' & quite possibly may be the anti-Christ. Tom is one scary dude & I hope I don't turn up 'missing' by saying this LOL! I do like the author though & enjoyed his book about Monica Lewinsky too.

I was curious to read this but had fairly low expectations. As it turned out, I was hooked from the beginning and couldn't put it down. This is a fascinating look at a top Hollywood player whose celebrity power enables him to move mountains for his personal agenda. I'll never watch a Tom Cruise movie the same way after reading this.

Review from Amazon!

This book about Tom Cruise goes in-depth into his childhood and the author went through great lengths to talk to Tom's classmates, teachers, neighbors, etc. There are obscure interviews (that in the past, Tom would prevent journalists from talking to them - even going as far as to sue them) that help explain why Tom is WHO is he today - everything from being beat up by bullies in school to his love life. This talks about his successes and failures both in love and career, but most importantly, it also discusses in impressive detail: scientology and how it affected Tom and the people around him in a very objective way.

As you all may know, Tom and his lawyers have had threatened numerous lawsuits to many newspapers and tabloids (when they discuss his alleged gay life, which Morton also talks about) and I was surprised that the author got away with all the things he said. I think Morton did an UNBELIEVABLE job being objective, speaking truthfully, and from the heart. At the time of this writing, Tom and his lawyers are already discussing a lawsuit against the author for simply speaking the truth. The only people who have claimed anything in this book are falsehoods are the scientologists themselves, and even that was greatly explained in this book because the author went through great lengths to protect himself by showing the previous history of what scientologists did to OTHER authors in the past. Oh yeah. It's quite the story!!!

I'd recommend this book to ANYONE who wants to know the real truth about what's going on with him. Tom holds superior power in the acting industry, and if he doesn't like something, he has many companies "in his pocket" if you know what I mean. The book also talks about the highly-controversial issue where Tom threatened not to promote the movie MI: 3 because Viacom owned Comedy Central and Tom was embarrassed that South Park was making fun of him (and scientologists).

This book discusses EVERYTHING and I do mean - EVERYTHING: his relationships to Mimi Rogers, Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, Katie Holmes, etc.... down the detail, including little notes he'd leave around the house for his love interests.

Read it while you can, before Tom threatens the publication house to stop the presses! This TELL-ALL book will answer every Tom-question you've ever wanted to know, including his personal issue against Brooke Shields.

I listened to this book on CD and for the most part, I found it boring. The author focused so much on details that it took too long to simply describe what took place. The book is also drowning with Hollywood name-dropping. To me, it felt as though the author had an agenda: exposing Scientology and was using Tom's story to demonstrate. Nevertheless, I learned a lot about Scientology, Tom Cruise and how he got where he is today.