Jonathan Lamothe commented on Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Jon Krakauer's literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. …
The tone of this book is interesting. The author makes no attempt to conceal his disdain for Mormonism. Admittedly, there is much worthy of criticism.
If I'd read this book as a believer, I'd have been quick to write this guy off as an anti-Mormon apostate, and probably wouldn't have finished reading.