Book Review #67: "The Road To Jonestown"

Hey Everyone,

     I am going to review the book "The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple," by Jeff Guinn. This book is hot off the press as it was published on April 11, 2017 by Simon and Schuster.  For those of you who would like to purchase a copy of this book CLICK HERE. Jeff Guinn is a well established author as well as an award winning investigative journalist. He is the author of "Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde," "The Last Gunfight: The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral-And How it Changed the American West," and "Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson.  This book is about Jim Jones and his followers. This book goes into great depth of the history and events that led to over 900 people committing suicide.

     Overall I rated this book four stars out of five. This was a very informative book. This book started off from the beginning going into great depths of Jim Jones family history starting with the life of his mother Lynetta Jones. It then goes into describing Jim Jones as a child. This book does a great job of explaining the outside influences, the culture and politics about how Jim Jones and his followers committed suicide. Although this book was well written and very informative, I think this book did drag on a little bit. I do think this book could have been shortened, as sometimes it was a bit repetitive and went into too much detail. Overall this book was a very informative and interesting read I do recommend it.

     I would like to thank Netgalley, Jeff Guinn, and Simon and Schuster for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

Until the next page,

Jill