Odds are high that most members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have never read a novel featuring a Latter-day Saint character that feels consistent with their experience. Mainstream media portrayals of Latter-day Saints, such as Jon Krakauer's " Under the Banner of Heaven" (2003) and its FX/Hulu series adaptation (2022), typically profit by presenting Latter-day Saints through the familiar stereotypes that Mormons are violent, naive, repressed or duplicitous.
