A review by crlopez2013
The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple by Jeff Guinn

I don’t know how to rate this one. How can a book be so long and yet say so little? Incredibly detailed, a bit too minute for my preference. The author glossed over some major events. He causally referred to rape of underage girls as “statutory” or saying “she resisted sex” instead of calling it what it us. Would have appreciated more of the female voice. There’s also some pretty blatant racial bias in the writing with constant references of “the Blacks” (as one example). If you’re interested purely in the chronology of events, then this book is for you. Personally I’d hoped for a deeper dive into the psychology of Jim Jones’ behaviors and the members of the people’s temple.