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Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer
10 reviews
oliviamich's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child death, Murder, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Death
Moderate: Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, and Drug use
jazzreads's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Rape, Religious bigotry, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Murder, Child abuse, Gore, Incest, Violence, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Mental illness, Mass/school shootings, Drug use, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, and Cultural appropriation
Minor: Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, and Racism
allys_shelf's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death, Murder, Grief, Misogyny, Child death, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Violence, and Incest
Moderate: Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Cursing, Suicide attempt, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Antisemitism, Pregnancy, Death, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Gun violence, Incest, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Child death, and Drug use
pearlisarobot's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Violence, Xenophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Hate crime, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Alcohol, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs
maevebm's review against another edition
3.0
What I felt the book lacked was empathy for the victims. Survivors of abuse had small voices and Krakauer spent an abundance of time talking about the perpetrators, in ways that seemed to glamorize at times. I think now in true crime literature, the focus has shifted to be more of a space to advocate for survivors and victims, so while I can appreciate the context of the time he wrote the book, I found it to be irritating.
Secondly, he relied heavily on quotes which, I felt, was lazy writing. Of course the quotes provided insight to the people and times he wrote about, but it was excessive.
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Blood, Murder, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, and Pedophilia
Moderate: Drug use
firstknight's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Death, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Incest, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Child death, Hate crime, and Murder
Moderate: Miscarriage, Self harm, Drug use, Gun violence, Genocide, and Drug abuse
librarymouse's review against another edition
4.0
In the author's notes at the end of this book, Jon Krakauer addresses the path his writing process took. While his end product was not what he initially intended it to be, it was enriched by the research he'd done on the history of Mormonism. Having grown up in an area with a few Mormons, but not enough for them to be the dominant social group, I'd just lumped them into the group of people from religions I was not a part of. This peek at their storied history, historic and continued racism, historic and continued sexual violence and pedophilia, and the lengths to which the current church goes to hide the past from followers gives a suspicious tilt to the religion's intentions.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Blood, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Violence, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Racism, Racial slurs, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual violence
tinybluepixel's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Blood, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Torture, Trafficking, and Incest
Moderate: Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Drug use, Grief, Pregnancy, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, and Kidnapping
bootsmom3's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Medical content, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Gore, Gaslighting, Self harm, Death, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Child abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child death, Incest, Infidelity, and Mental illness
Moderate: Drug use
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Miscarriage
escapinginpaper's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Minor: Drug use