Yeah people have reported taking Ambien Friday night before bed , then waking up at 7 am Saturday at the office in their pajamas . Scary shit man . <| sep |> The thoroughness isn ' t necessarily the point , the bias toward positivity is . Regardless of how many partakers protest to the contrary . <| sep |> I won ' t lie , TBOM is really dry at parts , especially when Jesus comes to America and basically redelivers the Sermon on the Mount , and there ' s a lot of repetitive language take a shot every time a sentence begins with And it came to pass and you ' ll be dead from alcohol poisoning before you hit the Book of Mosiah . I ' d say it ' s okay as a piece of Christian fanfiction , and it does have some really crazy parts wait til you get to the Bronze Age submarines in the Book of Ether . I ' d recommend it if you ' re looking to understand Mormonism , but it ' s not exactly a riveting romp . Pricey Pearl is kind of weird because rather than being one coherent text it ' s a compilation of various texts from the first few decades of the movement . This includes Joseph Smith ' s own account of his childhood , first vision , and discovery and translation of the golden plates that became TBOM , extracts from his translation of the Bible , and the Articles of Faith for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints . Of main interest to me was the Book of Abraham , which is where many of the doctrines unique to Mormonism like the premortal existence of the soul , the idea of achieving godhood via exaltation , the War in Heaven , and the ideas of the Celestial , Terrestrial , and Telestial Kingdoms come from . I ' d say it ' s worth it for that alone , but as with TBOM it ' s not particularly a fun read . I ' d honestly recommend that if you do want to read them and you have a smartphone that you download the LDS Library app . It has basically every text the LDS Church had ever released , including the hagiographies of every President of the Church going back to Joe , with full audiobooks . I listened to TBOM at 1 . 5 x speed . I ' m not sure if the app is available on Android , but the iOS version is great . Alternatively if you ' re feeling less reverent look of the podcast My Book of Mormon . It ' s just a theology nerd reading TBOM for the first time , making stray observations along the way . He also got through POGP , but had some of his friends take over about halfway through DampC . I ' d also recommend the Mormon Stories podcast if you ' re looking to learn what it ' s like growing up in and leaving Mormonism , as well as some discussion of the deeper concepts like Mormon feminism , offshoots like Community of Christ and other Temple Lot churches , and just Mormonism as a topic beyond the scriptural texts .