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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
informative
slow-paced
A very informative book and the Mormons. I rated it lower because it was a slow read and I didn’t love how he hoped so quickly from one story to the next.
informative
slow-paced
dark
informative
sad
tense
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Rape, Murder
This was much more of a dense history of the Mormon religion than I expected it to be, but it was really well researched and interesting. I found myself getting names confused, given I was listening to the audio version. I think it might have been a little easier to follow if I had picked up the physical book.
Overall pretty disgusting stuff, and very informative.
Overall pretty disgusting stuff, and very informative.
dark
informative
sad
slow-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Book #7 completed for 2016 Book Riot Challenge: "A book about religion"
Wow. If there was anyway to just completely infuriate and disgust me, it was to read this book. Which means the book was really good. I've known just a little about Mormonism from some kids I went to school with and such, but the fundamentalist side of it was alien to me (aside from polygamy). I really makes me wonder about the human condition to accept and follow a religion wholly and blindly. From the outside perspective, it seems rather obvious that Joseph Smith created Mormonism as a way to get what he wanted, to manipulate and control. Yet, millions of people subscribe to his teachings unquestioning. Great book, and written with more of the facts in mind, rather than a bias.
Wow. If there was anyway to just completely infuriate and disgust me, it was to read this book. Which means the book was really good. I've known just a little about Mormonism from some kids I went to school with and such, but the fundamentalist side of it was alien to me (aside from polygamy). I really makes me wonder about the human condition to accept and follow a religion wholly and blindly. From the outside perspective, it seems rather obvious that Joseph Smith created Mormonism as a way to get what he wanted, to manipulate and control. Yet, millions of people subscribe to his teachings unquestioning. Great book, and written with more of the facts in mind, rather than a bias.
A really interesting look at the history of fundamentalist mormons in the US.
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced