Reviews tagging 'Rape'

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

92 reviews

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

chirpik's review

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

Super detailed and explains the origins of Fundamentalist Mormonism well. Connects the dots between

Brenda and her daughter's murder and the reasons why

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, and Rape

carlytenille's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Murder, Racism, Rape, Trafficking, and Violence

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

mtankersley17's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

3.5

I learned a lot from this book. Some of the content and names and history got a little dense at times but overall pretty interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Rape, and Murder

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

shelbfish5's review against another edition

dark informative reflective tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Rape, Incest, and Infidelity

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