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blferdig's review against another edition
3.0
Interesting to hear the history. Still feel like the religion is based on a scam.
zzelda's review against another edition
3.25
I liked the true crime and modern account of mormon fundamentalists, while dark and disturbing I found it interesting. I struggled to get through the portion of this book that centered around the history of the mormon church.
oatylime's review against another edition
dark
informative
slow-paced
4.25
Well-researched, thorough, well-written, thoughtful.
I’m docking points because it was just so dark; and I don’t blame the author for it. The subject matter itself does not lend itself to a positive spin, despite Mormons being so consistently nice.
Who knew a religion based in not questioning authority, patriarchy, lies, racism, and not being part of outside community, would be so dark??? I mean, it starts off with a horrific murder and keeps going from there to pedophilia, incest, assault, and just general abuse.
So it was a tough read for those reasons. I needed a lot of fluff in between.
I’m docking points because it was just so dark; and I don’t blame the author for it. The subject matter itself does not lend itself to a positive spin, despite Mormons being so consistently nice.
Who knew a religion based in not questioning authority, patriarchy, lies, racism, and not being part of outside community, would be so dark??? I mean, it starts off with a horrific murder and keeps going from there to pedophilia, incest, assault, and just general abuse.
So it was a tough read for those reasons. I needed a lot of fluff in between.