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a must read for anyone who has interest in religious corruption, true crime, or cults. a tough read but worth the anguish to gain a deeper understanding of a violent faith
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This reads like a true crime. The entire book is so well written, outlining and illustrating the horrific, sadistic and reprehensible actions of the FLDS sect and the depravity of the men in this “religion.” How so many crimes and abuses have gone unpunished and slipped through the cracks of CPS is infuriating. I kind of wanna drive through Short Creek or Hilldale just to see “plyg rig!”
adventurous
informative
medium-paced
This book dovetails nicely with Krakauer's book. While Krakauer gives a 30,000 foot overview of the history of the LDS church and how the FLDS came to split off into their own faction, Brower's book gets into the nitty-gritty details. It's extremely uncomfortable to read this book, not because it's graphic (it's really not graphic at all), but because it's so difficult to wrap your head around so many men perpetrating this level of brainwashing and abuse on so many women and children. These men are pure evil!
Brower, as a private investigator, was privy to much of the inner workings of the FLDS machine. As a result, the stories he tells in this book are very eye-opening and jaw-dropping.
Brower, as a private investigator, was privy to much of the inner workings of the FLDS machine. As a result, the stories he tells in this book are very eye-opening and jaw-dropping.
slow-paced
This book was extremely poorly written. I'm not sure whether it was meant to be an exposée or memoire but it was clearly meant to aggrandise the author, who seemed to lack self awareness. I don't know how someone makes a book about a cult boring, but it was that too. Couldn't finish
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reflective
fast-paced
Not easy to read. Wordy, repetitive, and convoluted. Not linear and very hard t okeep track of everyone. That being said, it was a wealth of information as far as the legal process involved and the goings on of the flds.
challenging
dark
informative
sad
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced