Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

Was afraid of starting reading as I had heard that the book gets boring. For me, it was really good. Completed it in 3 days but still wanted more. Most of it is history of Mormonism . If you don't like reading history, you may not like the book. It got some psychological aspect, especially at last during the trial of the brothers . Really worth reading

Interesting read. Great facts and insights. Thoroughly enjoyed this book.

This book was worth reading. I was unaware of the Mormons and their establishment until I came across "Under the Banner of Heaven". Well narrated without any biasness from the author about the origin of Mormonism, their atrocities such as murders, polygamy and many unaturals practices which they considered to be scared are quite disturbing.

A great read. Grasping and informative. But the book sent was a very old copy. I thought I ordered for a new one. The supplied product was so old that it was moldy.

Kind of boring to read sometimes

Good!

I didn't like the writing style...

An excellent book about the Mormons ,their origins and how they have splittered up into ''Fundamentalist'' Sects.It was well researched and Krakauer's writing style makes it easy to read.The Fundamentalists come across as an evil bunch who break the law ,commit sexual assaults on minors ,abuse women all in the name of God.They use ''Revelations'' to justify their behavior.I was interested to read how law enforcement has been particularly difficult .One Prosecutor decided enough was enough and went after one sect resulting in a series of succesful prosecutions.When he came up for election again ( these positions are voted on like local elections in the Uk and Australia ) the particular sect involved voted as a block against him and he lost.After this no one ,it appears,has been game to have a go at these evil people. He covers the trial of Ron Lafferty ,one of two brother charged with two particularly brutal murders ( they claimed to have received a revelation from God to commit the murders),by looking at the evidence of the psychiatrist both for the defence and the prosecution -this was to determine whether Ron Lafferty was insane or not .If you believe in God and you pray for guidance and you act according to that guidance are you insane was the argument of the prosecution psychiatrist ,if so, then millions could be deemed insane .As it happened he was found to be sane at the time he commented the murders. The only criticism I had was that I thought Krakauer spent a bit too long going into the religious beliefs of Dan Lafferty. My daughter read the book and recommended it to me .

Es uno de los mejores libros que he leído. Narra la historia de los mormones en América enlazándolo con un crimen religioso. Libro muy odiado por los mormones pero que no creo que diga nada que se salga mucho de la realidad. Es un "must-have" para cualquiera que quiera saber los origenes y el porqué de la cultura mormona.

A chilling, and insightful delve into the history of Mormonism and modern day Fundamental Mormons. The focus is really on what makes somebody a fundamentalist. Although obviously about one religion this could be about any. It's fair handed as well, although the author does not shy from the negative points of even mainstream Mormonism he acknowledges the good parts. A fascinating read.

This book is a real eye opener. Get it if you are a Krakauer fan. Five stars, ten if it was available.

Libro perfetto per chi vuole conoscere la storia della religione LDS . Si parla un po' di tutto dal fondamentalismo, alla storia, si parla di Joseph Smith . Insomma è completo. Forse può non piacere a LDS, ma è molto avvincente e sembra ben ricercato e l'autore ammette il suo essere agnostico. La lettura è scorrevole e avvincente. Peccato non esista in italiano.