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The boy who needed to be God

Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown by Candace Fleming

November 20, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown by Candace Fleming can sometimes be a bit slow in the pacing, sometimes a smidgen romantically written, sometimes sad, sometimes scary, sometimes heart pounding, but always interesting. For me, the “small details” (such as it wasn’t Kool-Aid, the ingreediants used for the mixture were less than $9 then, Jones’ “rainbow family,”) were in some ways more interesting than the overall picture and that was fascinating.  The “human” side of things (even with Jones […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Religion, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Candace Fleming, cults, Guyana, Jim Jones, Jonestown, November 1978, People's Temple, Social Topics, United States - 20th Century

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:516 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Religion, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Candace Fleming, cults, Guyana, Jim Jones, Jonestown, November 1978, People's Temple, Social Topics, United States - 20th Century ·
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“Are you in a cult?”

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell

January 10, 2022 by andtheIToldYouSos 12 Comments

Well, I might be! Really, I’m inundated with cultish language- much like most of you are as well! The above question, posited by our own CBR gurus and shared across social media, was attached to an excellent review by faintingviolet. Her review kindled a blaze with other CBR readers- myself included! Our Goodreads walls are packed with update-after-update barrages of people frantically ripping through this read! I am very much looking forward to the Cultish flood headed our way. Now- back to the question. Am I […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Amanda Montell, andtheIToldYouSos, Bikram Yoga, crime, cult, cult fitness, cult language, Cultish, David Koresh, faintingviolet, Heaven's Gate, influencers, Jim Jones, Jonestown, language, late stage capitalism, linguistics, MLM, Psychology, recommendation, recommended by CBR, Religion, scientology, social media, the Dream, true crime, Waco, Wild Wild Country, Wordslut

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR14 Review No:1 · Genres: Audiobooks, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Amanda Montell, andtheIToldYouSos, Bikram Yoga, crime, cult, cult fitness, cult language, Cultish, David Koresh, faintingviolet, Heaven's Gate, influencers, Jim Jones, Jonestown, language, late stage capitalism, linguistics, MLM, Psychology, recommendation, recommended by CBR, Religion, scientology, social media, the Dream, true crime, Waco, Wild Wild Country, Wordslut ·
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