Seductive Poison: A Jonestown Survivor's Story of Life and Death in the Peoples Temple by Deborah Layton

Seductive Poison: A Jonestown Survivor's Story of Life and Death in the Peoples Temple

Deborah Layton

333 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark tense slow-paced

Description

In this haunting and riveting firsthand account, a survivor of Jim Jones's Peoples Temple opens up the shadowy world of cults and shows how anyone can fall under their spell. A high-level member of Jim Jones's Peoples Temple for seven years, Debor...

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Moods

dark 81%
informative 63%
tense 59%
sad 45%
emotional 40%
reflective 36%
challenging 22%
mysterious 18%
inspiring 9%
adventurous 4%

Pace

medium 63%
slow 26%
fast 10%

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