Interesting review from a disappointed reader

I read this because I had just finished a great memoir about a woman who grew up in Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints sect run by Warren Jeffs. I was so intrigued by her story (Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs) that I was curious about other strict religious environments, such as Scientology, and thought this book would be an interesting perspective on it. Unfortunately, this book could have been about any teenage boy living in a boarding school anywhere. The pranks, the language, the discipline - they all seemed quite commonplace and ordinary. Just your typical "coming-of-age" story. Not at all what I expected. Though the book was a quick, easy read in spite of being over 950 pages, I was disappointed and felt it would be more appealing to a younger audience (such as 15 year old boys). It also shed very little light on what Scientology is about.