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I read true crime because the human mind fascinates me. I want to to know the why. I want to understand. I believe that is key to chan I listened to this book with an Audible copy given to me from the author for review purposes. I believe that is key to changing things. This case, though, truly horrified me. It is, in my opinion, well written. The author has the facts and was able to put everything out there. I liked the narrator.

I felt that the way he read was fitting for the book he was reading. I don't know how he did it. I don't believe I could read this book aloud. It was difficult enough for me to listen to it.

If you don't know the case pay attention to its description and the warning. If you, like me, are interested in the mind, both good and bad, then this case will interest you. I don't recommend it for everyone. I had to stop listening and go watch a couple Disney princess movies followed by some fun dog videos.

Even then I was haunted by the case. Jul 31, Maxine Booklover Catlady rated it it was ok. Rather dull and tedious.

I read another of Ryan's books and enjoyed it, this wasn't the same. There was so much cumbersome history into the many people involved. It was really hard to keep track of who was who. The abuse inflicted was indeed horrific and sadistic. Later in the book the court case and trial outlines some of the conflicting testimony on why and how it occurred. The truth seemed exceptionally evasive. Overal Rather dull and tedious. Overall I was genuinely bored. It was frustrating to try to follow particular people and their part in it.

I'd like to have read more on the two victimised boys and their fate. I couldn't give it 3 stars so it's more 2. I'll try still another of Ryan's books. View 1 comment. Oct 07, Emily Ross rated it it was ok Shelves: audiobook-boom , audiobooks , free-for-reviews , reviewed , reading-challenge , history.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request ad have voluntarily left this review. This book has left me feeling confused and in need of actual research.

The first problem was the Czech language. As the book itself is aimed at English speaking True Crime fans, it would have been nice if Green had used the Czech words the first time and just used the translated versions afterwards, but he continued to use the Czech language throughout, which kept throwing me because I didn't know what I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request ad have voluntarily left this review.

As the book itself is aimed at English speaking True Crime fans, it would have been nice if Green had used the Czech words the first time and just used the translated versions afterwards, but he continued to use the Czech language throughout, which kept throwing me because I didn't know what they meant and I found it quite hard to follow the book, which was in itself quite hard to follow anyway. The second problem was the writing style.

While the case itself seems interesting, albeit gruesome and terrible, the way Green writes makes the case seem a lot more convoluted than it is it is convoluted but it really isn't as confusing as this book made it seem and it was very difficult to follow because of the vast amount of people he was mentioning.

I understood who Klara and Katarina were, and the two sons, and Barbra, who was Annika and then Adam? I got that there was a cult involvement, but for the amount of time that this book dedicated to Barbra, I still don't understand who she was, how Klara managed to adopt her as Annika when there were no records of her and she was pretending to be 13 as a 33 year old, how as a woman in her mid thirties she managed to pass as a teenage boy, and what her purpose was?

Nobody's motives could be figured out from reading this book and the whole book was just confusing. For once, the author was actually pretty impassive regarding the criminals, which is pretty rare.

However, Ernie Sprance was a really good narrator, except for the problem of mispronouncing a couple words. Jul 27, Jennie rated it it was ok Shelves: true-crime , czech-republic , kindle-unlimited. Quick read, more of an overview of an interesting case.

A lot of Czech news was used as a source and it reads like a awkward research paper at times. I had never heard of this case. I feel like there is still a lot more that could be written about these people or just that the information could be synthesized better.

Jul 22, Bettye McKee rated it really liked it Shelves: true-crime-books. An interesting case study Mr. Green has produced a solid, well-written and well-researched account of a case of extreme child abuse. The abuse was discovered quite by accident when a neighbor was setting up and testing a new baby monitor. The investigation took many twists and turns and revealed several surprises.

The trail led to a splinter cult leader with connections to the case. As usual, I have deducted one star for more than ten errors. This book read like someone had written it out, put it through Google translate, and published whatever came out. There was little to no depth or explanation to the story. It felt like reading an extra long wikipedia article. Although the case itself is intriguing, this book does it no justice. I would definitely recommend against reading this book and would instead implore anyone to do their own research instead.

Ryan Green has done it again. He has brought us another horrific true crime case. This case was a bit hard for me to follow not because Ryan did a bad job, because he did not, but because of the amount of people who contributed to the horrific events in this case. Ernie Sprance narrates this audiobook and does a great job bringing the facts of this case and the subsequent arrests and trials. In May of in the small town of South Moravia region of the Czech Republic a man hooks up his video b Ryan Green has done it again.

In May of in the small town of South Moravia region of the Czech Republic a man hooks up his video baby monitor,. Instead of seeing his child's room he sees a small child in a small room tied up. The man calls the police and shows them the video and a investigation starts to find this poor child. The police do a door to door check at the close neighbors homes. Wit the help of the man and his baby monitor they are actually able to find the home after the people living there say that no it's not there house.

As the investigation goes on more and more depravity and people involved come to light. Not only is this a horrible mother abusing her children but it also goes as far as other family members and a religious cult all having hands in this horrible case. Ryan does not go into graphic detail of all the sickening details of the abuse these children suffered. He kind of skimmed over them quickly. I have to give him credit for that. He told just enough to give you the idea and let your mind do the rest.

This is a short book at only 2 hours and 53 minutes but it is filled with non stop actions of this case. I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review. May 14, Cassie Daley rated it liked it. I'm on a true crime roll right now and don't know why but it makes me sad and I should stop, just saying.

At around pages, this is a pretty short but detailed if somewhat repetitive account of a truly tragic, fucked up case of child abuse in the Czech Republic. I feel awkward rating that I "liked" it considering the subject matter, but the book was informative. It seems like it could use a bit more editing in certain areas, and I felt like the order of some of the relayed information was o I'm on a true crime roll right now and don't know why but it makes me sad and I should stop, just saying.

It seems like it could use a bit more editing in certain areas, and I felt like the order of some of the relayed information was off ie, having someone mentioned early on by name that we didn't know yet , but overall, not a bad reading experience again, other than subject matter - books like this are so hard to review!

Nov 23, danielle rated it liked it Shelves: true-crime , read-owned-audible. Overall this was ok. I appreciate Ryan's research and details into these cases. However, this one read more like a report detail vs a true-crime book.

I like Ryan's other books when he comes at it from the point of view of the killer. I received a free copy of the audiobook in exchange for an honest review. Feb 20, Elizabeth Larsen rated it liked it Shelves: true-crime. Not enough information on the case. It felt like the author only skimmed through the case. Oct 05, Carrie rated it liked it. True crime stories always fascinate me because of the psychology behind people's actions and motives.

This was a grim look at a terrible case. I liked that it did not focus on one specific person but everyone involved. I would have liked a little more background on some of the people though. The narrator had a great "true crime voice". I think most people who listen to audiobooks will know what I mean. This audiobook was provided by the author True crime stories always fascinate me because of the psychology behind people's actions and motives. This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review courtesy of AudiobookBoom Jan 24, Kenadie Cole rated it it was ok.

Barbora is the most interesting character, but even then I felt that this was written as a college sophomore level research paper. Its an interesting topic, but I felt the writing could have gone further in depth. Dec 28, Fishface rated it really liked it Shelves: non-fiction , true-crime , totally-messed-up.

Simply the nuttiest story I have ever read I had no idea what I was getting into when I started reading this story. The subtitle, which promised a story about "child abuse, cults and cannibalism" didn't even hint at the depths of the weirdness in this true case.

By the end I was still baffled as to why any of this happened. The child abuse was just the key that opened the gates to Crazyland. There are more questions than answers in here and a lot more wrongness than any courtroom can address. Jul 10, Elsa Carrion rated it really liked it.

Really quick read. Very interesting read. I usually don't read this genera however, since it was so short pgs and I did find it for free on Amazon, I gave it a shot. I wanted to say easy to read, and it was pretty much easy to read, however, I had a hard time keeping the sisters apart.

Which on was the mother and which one was the aunt therefore names of the characters were the confusing part since the names did come from Czech Republic. Aug 05, Marcey Rader rated it liked it.

This is a facts-based account of the Kurim case. I thought it was well-done. It was a little hard to follow, but I don't fault the author. Instead, I fault the craziness of this case and the three personalities of the main culprit. It is amazing and fascinating how a mother can let herself be talked into doing heinous things to her children or watch them being done.

Sep 09, Sandy Batesel rated it it was ok. This book was more tedious to read than the "begats" part of my Bible. And, it had so many characters popping in and out that I needed a pedigree chart to keep them all straight in my head. The brothers were barely mentioned at all.

Barbra Skrlova and Her Identity Crisis would have been a more apt title! Feb 01, Anouska rated it liked it Shelves: true-crime. Horrific story! Really good book, however this book gives you more of an overview of what happened at the start but the main content of the book is the trial - I'd recommend this to all true crime fans Horrific story! Really good book, however this book gives you more of an overview of what happened at the start but the main content of the book is the trial - I'd recommend this to all true crime fans Apr 22, minky moo rated it did not like it.

Don't bother Superficial with no depth at all. Was expecting a analysis of the case and the background what I got was worse than a badly written a level law essay. I listened to the audiobook version on Audible, and like one of the reviews I found here, I have to agree that it is quite hard to follow the story as there were too many characters involved, and you have to focus extra hard to the narration to follow along.

The story follows the sequence of events beginning with a man accidentally picking up another image as he was testing his baby monitor. Instead of showing his own child's room, the monitor picked up the signal of a nearby house where a boy wa I listened to the audiobook version on Audible, and like one of the reviews I found here, I have to agree that it is quite hard to follow the story as there were too many characters involved, and you have to focus extra hard to the narration to follow along.

Instead of showing his own child's room, the monitor picked up the signal of a nearby house where a boy was being locked up in a dark room. Investigations revealed that this boy and his older brother had been victims of abuse by several people, including their own mother and adoptive sister.

The mother and the aunt were arrested, and the adoptive sister was sent to an institution, but later escaped. It was later revealed that the supposedly thirteen-year-old sister was actually a woman in her early-to-mid thirties suffering some kind of mental illness which led her to behave like a child. This part was actually a bit confusing to me, because through investigations, it was found that this woman's mental illness was not that severe and she actually suffered from dissociative identity disorder.

And then there was a section detailing the cult part. Apparently, the aunt was involved in this cult, and dragged her sister - the mother - along with it. The author said that the mother had always been someone who preferred to follow orders, the opposite to the aunt who liked to order her sister around somewhere along the lines of that.

Two small brothers named Jakub and Ondrej, nine and seven years old respectively, were revealed to have suffered confinement, mutilation, psychological brutality, and cannibalism at the hands of several people - foremost among them their own mother and her sister. The ensuing investigation and trial captivated the country as a web of secrecy and manipulation was laid bare.

That entire nation's attention was transfixed as the disappearance of a teenage girl revealed a daring case of concealed identity and international intrigue, culminating in a thousand-mile chase in the depths of a Scandinavian winter. The allegations that were levelled would keep any parent of a young child awake at night. A secretive cult operating in close proximity to children: stealing, forging medical records, and possibly attempting to create a new messiah was in full swing.

All the while its members appeared, on the surface, to be models of excellent caregivers. This is the story of the infamous 'Kurim Case', an investigation that engrossed the public and media of a whole country for two years.

It is a story of intense cruelty and sadism, inflicted on the most vulnerable members of society. If you are especially sensitive to accounts of the suffering of children, you may find it advisable not to read any farther. If, however, you seek to understand the darker side of human nature by coming face to face with it, then this book is written for you.

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