Reviews tagging 'Gore'

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

16 reviews

tinybluepixel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

apworden's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Gore, Sexism, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Blood, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Alcohol, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Death, Child abuse, Racism, Violence, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, and Racial slurs

madelinekramer2021's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Incest, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Gore, Religious bigotry, Emotional abuse, Rape, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

caitlin_bookchats's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

2.0

Krakauer mentions in his author's note that this book wasn't what he set down to write but was the narrative that jumped out while he was doing the research for his original idea. Unfortunately, I think I might have found the original idea more interesting and cohesive.

This book suffers from being simultaneously too focused and not focused enough. The long tangents about the history of Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, and the early LDS church isn't tied in well enough to the stories of religious extremism and the FLDS and so remain tangential in feeling. Meanwhile, Krakauer doesn't manage to connect the extremism he examines in detail here with other religious violence outside of the FLDS and other sects purporting to follow Joseph Smith.

Overall it was a disappointing, often dull read I found myself easily distracted from. Especially compared to Krakauer's other work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Sexism, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Incest, Gore, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Abandonment and Kidnapping

This book describes in detail the murder of a woman and her 18 month-old. It also describes several instances of "marriage" between children and adult men and describes religious/spiritual abuse. It does not glorify any of these things but does describe them, often in detail.

literaryelle's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault