Much of my miserable childhood was spent in studying "in-depth" publications. In fact, where I came from, this was highly encouraged, and the teenagers, especially, were encouraged NOT to rush headlong into baptism. Maybe it was the water or something. We were just different, it seemed. I have respect for many of these elders, even today. As they say, they just don't make 'em like that anymore.
Among what we studied were the OM book, Life Everlasting, the Truth book, etc. of the older 192-page books. Much time was spent with our study with my parents and I and various elders in the Aid concordance. Guess who helped write that?
It was with tremendous amounts of careful reading over a few summers on the beach that my father decided for HIMSELF that the JWs had it wrong. My mother and I only got baptized out of an emotional frenzy one summer because of separation then divorce. We both learned, much more, as time went on and came to our senses, too.
Today's drivel of pablum doesn't even come close to even pretend to be scholarly, IMHO. However, if those girls would spend some time on the Internet, or on this board, and cull through some of the history, there's enough here for them to rise above the pablum.