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Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer
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dayo321pru's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
3.5
it took me about 3 weeks to read through it. it's sort of dense and most of it is historical (80-20, historical to true crime). it is very well written but i didn't like it too much.
also there are a lot of parts that were hard to read (disturbing content, examples in content warnings).
regardless, it was good to see a new perspective and learn a new bit of history. i just couldn't empathize with anyone in the book and that's my favorite part of reading; i like understanding a character and feeling what they feel and that didn't happen here for me. this is the first non-fiction i've really read through and maybe it's just not my thing.
also there are a lot of parts that were hard to read (disturbing content, examples in content warnings).
regardless, it was good to see a new perspective and learn a new bit of history. i just couldn't empathize with anyone in the book and that's my favorite part of reading; i like understanding a character and feeling what they feel and that didn't happen here for me. this is the first non-fiction i've really read through and maybe it's just not my thing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest, Violence, Child death, Murder, and Death
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Rape, Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Racism
Minor: Islamophobia, Miscarriage, Homophobia, and Kidnapping
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