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5.0 out of 5 stars Realistic and Engaging!, 25 May 1998

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This review is from: Leaving Fishers (Hardcover)

This is a great story. It's extremely true-to-life, particularly since cults are becoming more rampant nowadays. The dividing line between a zealous Christian and a fanatic is always unclear and the writer does a good job in portraying this conflict, particularly with respect to the minds of the members of the cult. The protaganist's mental confusion and suffering are realistically portrayed, so much so that the frustration and fear is "passed" to the reader, at least to me! This story is to me an addictive psychological thriller which not only entertains, but also teaches us something about extremes in religion and in life.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Provocative and Terrifying look into Cults, 15 April 1998

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Leaving Fishers is one of the creepiest, most fascinating books I have read in a long, long time. In this book, Dorry Stephens is a sweet, shy and lonely girl who is new in school and friendless. A group of attractive and well-dressed girls and boys come to her and accept her in their group. Soon she is swept into the Christian sect to which they all belong--the Fishers of Men--and finds herself enjoying the unconditional love and security she find with her new group of friends. However, once she gets more deeply into the group, she finds that she is compromising every aspect of her well being to live up to the expectations of the cult. By the time she realizes this, she has no idea what to do--and she fears the wrath of the group if she disobeys in any way. After I read this, I took a whole new look into religion--both the good and bad aspects of it. I highly recommend this book for the over-12 crowd (lots of complex and mature subject matter). It will cause you to think long and hard about the things a lonely person will do for friends and how once you've been brainwashed into doing something, it is nearly impossible to stop.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A balanced, tense look at cults and Christianity, 17 Mar 1998

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In LEAVING FISHERS, Margaret Peterson Haddix takes a lonely, insecure, and likable girl and slowly draws her under the influence of the Fishers of Men, a religious cult whose members believe the group is the only escape from eternal damnation. Haddix' novel is well-crafted, slowly leading the reader through Dorry's experience with the Fishers, subtly transforming the group from one which welcomes her with open arms and promises of God's love to one which makes increasingly unreasonable demands on her, all of which carry the threat of an afterlife in hell if she fails. The book is ultimately a very balanced look at the fine line between faith and fanaticism, between cults and Christianity.

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