review 1: The method of telling the survivors' stories is disjointed and lacks cohesion; I felt less sympathy for those caught up in the utopian vision of Jones & his minions AFTER reading this book, because the back-and-forth style of interviewing participants over a period of 3 years was pretty doggone annoying. I also grew quite weary of being reminded that the author had already penned the acclaimed okay "The Laramie Project," and was using the material gathered for this book to create a similar piece of theater about Jonestown. If you're going to read a book about The People's Temple, don't start with this one. review 2: "Stories from Jonestown" ,by Leigh Fondakowski, does a very thorough and thoughtful presentation of the devolution of the Peoples Temple and its le... moreader Jim Jones. The PT survivors, their families, and others in the community still suffer to this day. If anyone ever uses the expression "drank the Kool-Aid" in my presence, I will certainly advise them to do some reading/research on their own before making such an insensitive statement. less
