Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

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

16 reviews

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

mondovertigo's review against another edition

dark informative sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Murder, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Rape, Racism, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Child death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Blood

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

ktdakotareads's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Incest, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Colonisation, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Racism, Sexism, and Classism

melanna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

I put this book on my reading list because it was suggested for a reading prompt (i don’t even remember what it was, I’ll find it when I look it up)

I’m notorious for not knowing what books are about before I start them. 

The last book I read by this author was about his trip up Mount Everest. The cover I saw of this book had some rocks on it so I thought it might be about one of his other escapades. 

Turns out it’s about the history of the Mormon church (as viewed by an outsider). It’s an interesting overview of the history. I quite enjoyed it. It went through the good the bad and the ugly and it’s amazing to me how many people can still cling to beliefs of such a young religion. 

I have a few friends that I will be interested to hear their thoughts. (You know who you are!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, Child death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

melaniekarin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This is a meticulously researched and astonishing book connecting years of Mormon history to a horrific murder committed by fundamentalists in the 1980s. Though it’s 20 years old it still feels prescient.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Violence, Incest, Death, Child death, Child abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Colonisation, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Rape, Racism, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Infidelity, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

escapinginpaper's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

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