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The history of Mormonism, their beliefs, and the case studies of a variety of Fundamentalist Mormons were generally interesting, although I got a bit bored by the trials and tribulations of the Mormons in the midwest. My real concern with the book was that Krakauer doesn't make enough of a point that the LDS (not FLDS), is a peaceful religion these days. It would be a less sensationalist point, but, however weird their beliefs seem to non-Mormons, they aren't violent militants, massacring innoce
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I wanted to like this book. But I think I wanted more out of it than I got. The history of the Mormon church and the separation of LDS from FLDS was interesting, but I just couldn't bring myself to care about the people profiled.
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Finished….I don’t know what really to say about this book. I was surprised at the violence, both historical and contemporary.
Wow! Sobering! Scary what people will do in the name of religion.
Jun 28, 2012
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