Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

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

74 reviews

jlye's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

maevebm's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

3.0

Somehow both nauseating and fascinating. Krakauer connected the history of the LDS church and origins of polygamy to the rise of Mormon fundamentalism and Brenda and her baby’s murder. 
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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Blood, Murder, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Drug use

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

maysiebe's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

eegred's review against another edition

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Blood, Sexual violence, Sexism, Incest, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, Stalking, and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal cruelty

adventures_of_a_french_reader's review

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Very interesting book about Mormon fundamentalists with, in parallel, historical information about the creation of the Mormon faith.

It's also the story of a true crime, the one committed by the brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty. Jon Krakauer also talks about the underage marriages and incestuous relationships in some of the fundamentalist communities. All these make for a difficult read, but it's a necessary one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia

urreadtome's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Child death, Misogyny, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Rape, Physical abuse, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexism, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

Minor: Colonisation, Domestic abuse, and Racism

overtheedgeofthewild's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense slow-paced

4.75

VERY Gruesome at times but Krakauer provided a detailed deep dive into LDS a d FLDS. Great work on his part.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Incest, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, and Pedophilia

firstknight's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

stephalopuff's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

3.75

This isn't necessarily so much of a true crime book as it is a history of an American-grown religion, the Mormon Church. A violent history.

Perhaps it would've been better reading it physically rather than an audiobook, as there were times where I zoned out and missed what was said. But I found the in-depth rundown of the history of Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, Mormonism and the FLDS church pretty fascinating. 

And while I've always been aware of violence within the history of nearly every religion, my goodness is the history of Mormonism littered with horrid acts of extreme violence. Be aware that this violence included the sexual assault of and sexual violence against children. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Violence, Murder, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Gun violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

Moderate: Racism