What is the author's style in Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion by Janet Reitman?

Inside Scientology is written in the first and third person perspectives, as the author tells of accounts of others within the Scientology organization. The book is highly biased against Scientology and although the author claims to attempt to be unbiased, this does not come across in her work. Part of this is likely to due to the lack of Scientologists who were willing to speak with Reitman, as journalists are generally viewed as suppressive persons. Simultaneously, the structure of the organization is such that any information about the church, its holdings, its members, or its subsidiaries is carefully guarding, making an unbiased account difficult. Reitman, as a journalist and an outsider of Scientology, does have a wealth of information at her fingertips from ex-Scientologists, however, which may explain the slanted view of the book.

On the other hand, Reitman does attempt to incorporate several Scientologists who believe in Scientology in and of itself and simply disagree with Miscavige's management. By doing this, she does help to support Scientology as a religion or organization, but simply shines a negative light on its current leader. The current members she does speak with are vocal of their support for Scientology, but simply negative against Miscavige, suggesting that while Scientology may not be a problem, Miscavige is.