italianlemons 's review for:

Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

3.0

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I have to suspect any nonfiction book that draws on my emotions. I had a general negative response to Mormons while reading this book, and I don't like participating in generalizations. However, there are fascinating bits of history, and the book exposes practices that need to be addressed and dealt with by the LDS church and government officials. This is also an interesting book to read if one is under the impression that all Muslims are terrorists, etc. Any philosophy that is passionately followed leaves room for fanaticism. We have plenty of homegrown extremists right here in the US.