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The Witness Wore Red: The 19th Wife Who Brought Polygamous Cult Leaders to Justice
M. Bridget Cook, Rebecca Musser
4.01 AVERAGE
310 reviews for:
The Witness Wore Red: The 19th Wife Who Brought Polygamous Cult Leaders to Justice
M. Bridget Cook, Rebecca Musser
4.01 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
informative
sad
slow-paced
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
If you only were going to read one book about the Wall sisters and Warren Jeffs, I would pick Elissa Wall’s book over Rebecca Musser. I liked Elissa’s book better, perhaps because I read it first? I found this one a tad boring (again, probably because I read Elissa’s first and then read this one right after. A lot repeats because they are sisters after all). I also found her story less compelling than Elissa’s. But it was still good, especially the part when she is asked to help search the FLDS temple at the Yearning For Zion Ranch. After reading The Witness Wore Red and Stolen Innocence back to back all while watching the Netflix documentary “Keep Sweet, Pray and Obey” I find myself done with FLDS culture for the time being. On to a different subject.
The story of Rebecca's life was both captivating and repulsive. I find her writings to be honest in an almost clinical sense, as if she is now omnipresent in her past. Leaving you the reader to judge the FLDS as you see fit. I look forward to reading Caroline Jessop's books in order to get more information and compare and contrast the lives of these two women.
If you are intrigued by topics such as the FLDS I would recommend "not without my sister" a novel about The Children of God by Kristine Jones
If you are intrigued by topics such as the FLDS I would recommend "not without my sister" a novel about The Children of God by Kristine Jones
This was a 2 star read for me. I did learn new things about the inner workings of FLDS, but the interesting facts were few and far between. This read more like a self-praise book written solely for the author to bask in her greatness. Don't get me wrong, her story is brave and inspiring. I just feel her approach to tell the story seemed to glamorize herself instead of informing others about the inner workings of the FLDS.
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