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tbd24's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Religious bigotry, and Murder
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail
andmingmingtoo's review against another edition
4.75
(Also bonus points to this book for making me hyperfixate on mormonism. It's so hard to explain to my friends that I'm having a mormon phase but not in a religious way, it's in a learning about neat history way)
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and War
Minor: Cursing, Homophobia, Alcohol, and Deportation
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4.5
I would have considered myself somewhat knowledgeable on LDS church history before this read, but Krakhauer blew pretty much everything out of the water with how thorough his storytelling was. He discloses at the end his own perspective—that he hadn't intended for this to be anything other than an amicable exploration of Mormon history inspired by an admiration for his childhood friends' faiths—and the resonance I felt to his perspective was really startling.
I think my biggest takeaway from reading this, and I believe Krakhauer's from writing it, is just how frightening the two roads you can take after studying Mormonism's history are: either you discern it is one man's quest for sex and power, or you conclude that everything—polygamy, blood atonement, white supremacy, child abuse—is all true and all imperative to a right way of life.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy
_fallinglight_'s review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Murder
Moderate: Homophobia, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy
laurelmb's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Incest, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Murder
maysiebe's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment
librarymouse's review against another edition
4.0
In the author's notes at the end of this book, Jon Krakauer addresses the path his writing process took. While his end product was not what he initially intended it to be, it was enriched by the research he'd done on the history of Mormonism. Having grown up in an area with a few Mormons, but not enough for them to be the dominant social group, I'd just lumped them into the group of people from religions I was not a part of. This peek at their storied history, historic and continued racism, historic and continued sexual violence and pedophilia, and the lengths to which the current church goes to hide the past from followers gives a suspicious tilt to the religion's intentions.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail