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A review by lucybbookstuff
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Possibly only because of the show (but I think the book blurb, too...), but I went into this expecting mostly true crime. In reality, it turned out to be mostly history, which all ended up linked back to the crime.
While I wasn't expecting all the history, I still found it fascinating and horrifying. And it is really true that the reasons behind these gruesome murders in the 1980s can be traced all the way back to Joseph Smith himself in the mid-1800s.
Meticulously researched, and engaging. Got a little tedious here and there, and SO MANY PEOPLE to keep track of (though that's more the fault of polygamy than Krakauer), hence the half point deduction.
While I wasn't expecting all the history, I still found it fascinating and horrifying. And it is really true that the reasons behind these gruesome murders in the 1980s can be traced all the way back to Joseph Smith himself in the mid-1800s.
Meticulously researched, and engaging. Got a little tedious here and there, and SO MANY PEOPLE to keep track of (though that's more the fault of polygamy than Krakauer), hence the half point deduction.