bellebcooper 's review for:

Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

3.0

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I read most of this book once before and remembered it as a history of the Mormon church. I was surprised when it was adapted for TV and they called it a true crime book so I reread it and I still wouldn’t call it a true crime book. It’s bookended with a true crime but the majority of the book is about the history of the Mormon church and the different sects that have split off from the main church, and how all of that history lead to bring some influence on the perpetrators of this crime. Anyway, it’s interesting and eye-opening and horrifying and depressing but also drags a bit at some points with too much detail.