It is really 3.5 stars for one reason. First, I have to say that Krakauer's writing is fantastic. He sweeps up the reader. He tells stories wonderfully. He never talks down to either his reader or his subject. For instance, in this book it would have been quite easy for Krakauer to protray every po...
This is a book that can't quite decide what it wants to be about. Is it about the history of the LDS church? Is it a true crime story? Is it a denouncement of polygamy? The book is all those things in a relatively superficial manner, but none in a substantial way. It's also scattered and diffic...
My dad handed me this book several years ago, saying that it was about "some crazy Christians living out there somewhere" and that I might find it interesting. He was slightly right about the first charge and absolutely right about the latter.This book is extremely engrossing. I had a very difficu...
Really fascinating history of the Mormon church. Although it tells the story of a violent crime taking place among a modern polygamist offshoot of the LDS, Krakauer goes into the (often violent) history of the Mormon church, and why the polygamous fundamentalists who are still around are not quite s...
While I like Jon Krakauer in general, this particular book verged on a few too many LDS stereotypes while also trying to raise and analyze the issues that surround the FLDS community. I think it's a problem with an outsider trying to explain and identify the issues with the Mormons, which, despite s...
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