Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

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

23 reviews

cinnaminskies's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Trafficking, Violence, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, and Misogyny

Moderate: Rape, Hate crime, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Infidelity, Gun violence, Sexual violence, and Mental illness

qog's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Pedophilia, Racism, Gun violence, Child death, Mass/school shootings, Incest, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Misogyny, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Racial slurs

jazzreads's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Under the Banner of Heaven is a deeply disturbing examination of the history of the Mormon Church. As hard as it is to read, this book is incredibly well written and well researched. If you’re interested in learning about Mormonism, its place in American history, or just cults in general, you’ll get a lot of this book. 

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Content Warnings

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

challenging informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

sellnow_hannah's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

    A look into Mormonism, its history, and the current day as of the writing, especially into the Fundamentalist sects, polygamy, and the crimes committed by members. 
    Obviously, Warren Jeffs has been arrested since this writing so that part was out of date, and I wish the book had an updated chapter.
    One annoying thing about this addition is that the "this book is continued on disc x" and "disc x" parts hadn't been removed from the digital audiobook! I'm SURE Random House has the money to take that stuff out. And it ruined the flow of the book. 
     Overall, it was a very informative book that will teach you things you probably don't know. There were things I didn't know, and I've listened to multiple deep-dive podcasts on Mormonism. It was a decent true crime/religion book, and the narrator wasn't bad! 

   Extra ratings: Fluff - NA Heartfelt- 4/5 Helpful-1/5 Horror -NA  Inspiration -0/5 Love aka Romance- NA  Mystery - NA   Predictability - NA  Spice - NA   Suspense - NA   Tear- 4/5 Thrill - NA   Humor-0/5 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Murder, Child death, Violence, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Incest, Racism, and Rape

kstolecki's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, and Religious bigotry

tiernanhunter's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

sadiejericho's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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

horizonous's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

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