Reviews tagging 'Racism'

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

71 reviews

paguroidea's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

3.75

Learned a lot more about the LDS history than I was expecting to, and this religion is even more bananas than I could’ve imagined. Interesting overall, occasionally dry, definitely disturbing not just because of the murders, but the beliefs and delusions that lead up to them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry and Murder

Moderate: Incest and Racism

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

pearlisarobot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

nicoleannreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Racism, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Incest, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Misogyny, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Animal death

laurelmb's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child death, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Incest, Child abuse, Suicide, Sexual violence, Death, Racism, and Murder

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

badbookstagrammer's review

challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Child death, Rape, and Murder

Moderate: Racism and Xenophobia

innae's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.0

This book has a fair share of the history of the Mormon religion, as well as an intriguing look at a murder that occurred due to belief in some of the Mormon tenets.   There were also many places where facts were repeated (some of it is scripture from the Book of Mormon, and some of it is historical), like the author was afraid we wouldn't remember things from chapter to chapter.  Also it bounces back between the past and the present - so stuff about Joseph Smith, and then about Brigyam Young, and also about the Laffertys and the murder.   I was interested in the court room stuff, where religion was put on trial - are all those that believe in religious doctrines insane?  hmmm.    An interesting listen.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, Racism, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Pregnancy