Reviews - Under the Banner of Heaven

Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

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I was so interested in the topic of this book and I've liked other books by Krakauer, but I found this hard to get through. There were lots of interesting pieces of information, but I just never felt immersed in the book.

jq_247's review against another edition

3.5

dark informative slow-paced

librarian_linnea's review against another edition

2.0

Not sure if I'm going to finish this...the subject is really interesting, but it is moving pretty slowly and I'm not really getting into it. Not my favorite Krakauer book.

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Interesting as a history of Mormonism, but overall pretty dry and I had a hard time getting through all of it.

lisafox's review against another edition

3.75

dark informative reflective medium-paced

This book was a wild look into fundamentalist LDS members. I learned a lot about the church of the latter day saints, and marveled at some of the stories.

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kesnit's review against another edition

3.0

emotional informative slow-paced

kimrader111's review against another edition

3.0

This book was well-written and exhaustively researched, but I can't say that I enjoyed reading it. The subject matter was disturbing and I was so angry while reading it. The writing deserves four stars, but I couldn't bring myself to say that "I really liked it."

justpeachy742's review against another edition

5.0

Krakeur is definately my favorite non fiction writer. The informational history of Mormonism is full of conspiracies, robbing, polygamy and more! A very fascinating read.