Dragged Into the Light, a review by Amy

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Dragged into the Light
Tony Russo
248 pages
Secant Publishing

Amazon
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For fans of shows like Dateline, 48 hours, and 20/20. This mystery is both haunting and convoluted.

Sherry Shriner, a rural Ohio housewife, expounds on NWO and alt-right Christian beliefs to create a thriving and dangerous orgone based for-profit cult.

While nonfiction, this book reads like a mix between mystery fiction and science fiction with a twinge of fantasy thrown in for good measure. At times, I had to reread sections to decipher the utter ridiculousness of this cult. And I constantly questioned how people came to be overtaken by this nonsense. Yet they were. And they didn’t believe it half-heartedly. Sherry’s followers were fully given to these beliefs and fought to defend them at any cost.

The author primarily focuses his investigation on several cult members that fall out of Sherry’s good graces. The consequences of landing on the outside of Sherry’s circle ranged between abuse and death. Many questions go unanswered even after Russo’s investigation, and much is unknown about Sherry.

Honestly, I considered not finishing this book. The world is heavy right now. So many ongoing conspiracy theories. So much animosity. To me, reading this book compounded our current reality.

While this book was not an enjoyable read for me, the fault isn’t the author’s. The author’s primary goal is to reveal how wholeheartedly people can be convinced to believe the unbelievable. His warnings and conclusions related to the Shrinerites are on point. With that currently happening all around society, that message needs to be heard. But it is also incredibly dour.

“Throughout this entire inquiry I struggled with Sherry’s power, but watching her hordes and the excommunicated do battle over her word, it occurred to me that Sherry’s power didn’t rest with her. It rested in her followers’ commitment to self-deception.”

If conspiracy theories and cults fascinate you, this one is a must.

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