Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer, Jan Dzierzgowski

90 reviews

sellnow_hannah's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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A difficult book with themes including murder, rape, and incest. But a fascinating look into religious extremism and the history of Mormon fundamentalism. There are a lot of characters to keep track of and the storyline wasn’t linear which was sometimes confusing, but otherwise love Krakauer’s writing and found it to be a compelling read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting

pearlisarobot's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

laurelmb's review against another edition

4.0

dark informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Incest, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Murder

tiernanhunter's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark informative medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

sadiejericho's review against another edition

3.5

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

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Really disturbing and clearly deeply researched. Hard to stomach at times and also compelling. Took me years to finish but glad I read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder

thundrflap's review against another edition

2.5

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

jlye's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder

horizonous's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark informative slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Miscarriage

twoclaws's review against another edition

5.0

informative reflective tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Sexual harassment

maysiebe's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment