The Kurim Case: A Terrifying True Story of Child Abuse, Cults & Cannibalism (True Crime) Paperback – July 8, 2016

I love True Crime because I'm fascinated by the strange things that people sometimes do. But I do not like to hear elaborations of abuse and violence, so I was worried about getting this book. Then I read the first few pages for free and was pulled in. Of all of the True Crime cases that I've read about, this one is the strangest! At first the story was a little confusing, but that was because the case itself as it unfolds is a little confusing! The "modus operendi" of one particular person involved is the source of much of the confusion, but that's all I'm going to say here. Ryan Green does a good job of presenting the case in a clear, concise and "no-frills" way. I read the whole book in one afternoon. There are a few typos, I think, but I'm still giving 5 stars. As always with this genre, I just wish I knew what really makes these people tick. Maybe that's natural for a "normal" person because if we knew what made them tick, we might be able to move forward in helping to make these terrible kinds of things stop happening. I'm saying a prayer for the boys who were the victims here.

This book was fascinating however, I felt like this is the worst book I’ve read by Ryan Green and I’ve read MANY! I always look forward to his books so this was disappointing but it was still well worth the read.Always looking ahead though as he has only continued to improve! Give this author a shot! He’s doing great things with True Crime.

This is not a story that I like, although, I did appreciate the way it was told. I thought the author did a good job of telling what happened and with empathy. There were some mistakes, misspelled words, and such but, all in all it was well written. I got to understand the situation and what the abusers did, however, I am still left with many questions.

Very good story but badly written. One has to reread sentences in order to understand who is who in the zoo. Lack of paragraphing and awful sentence structuring.

I read this in 1 hour. This man kept me glued to tbe book. Excellent. Made me feel for those boys.

I read a lot of true crime and have read a lot of Ryan Green. I by-passed The Kurim Case many times because of the subject matter and the warning: it contained horrendous abuse of children.I wish I had continued to pass it up.I always download a sample first, but I'd hit the wrong button and was down-loading the book. Oh, well, I thought, it's Ryan Green. He's always good.What happened here?The Kurim case was the biggest, most sensational story to hit The Czech Republic ever. Every news outlet carried the tale. The story has everything. A mother and aunt who abuse their own children, connections to a mysterious cult, a beautiful woman at the center so adept at character impersonating she is akin to a shape-shifter, and child pornography with a cast of dozens.First surprise was that this wasn't a book at all but more of a long article, weighing in at less than 100 pages. Really? Mr. Green warns that if the reader is troubled by the images of extreme child abuse, best to go no further. The story, as laid out in the book blurb and Green's introduction seemed complicated and intricate-- yet he was about to tell it in ninety- three pages?Second-- ah, the reason the book is so short is very quickly revealed.There is no life here. No exploration of character. No uncovering of motive. No exciting reveals.There is simply dull plodding exposition. The entire ninety-three pages is a book report, tediously, flatly written.Dozens of characters with long Czech names tossed about and nearly impossible to keep straight.And that horrendous child abuse that will give you nightmares? Barely touched upon. The two boys barely distinguishable one from the other, as are their mother and aunt.I don't know what happened, why Ryan Green agreed to this project and wrote this book this way. If this is your first shot of him, please don't make it your last because he really is a wonderful writer.You'd never know it from this, though.Not recommended.

I have been reading True Crime since the age of 15...so, suffice it to say I've read dozens and dozens of books on the depravity of some humans. This book was, by far, one of the more watered down versions I have read. Too much was focused on the abusers and not enough on the poor victims...the boys. I am, however, willing to read his next book and see if there are any improvements.

Although this story is horrifying, I'm glad it's been put out there to remind people about the terrible child abuse that continues today. It was well written without crossing over the line with too much information as I'm sure the media did at the time. I'm not certain what this book says about our society. I recommend this book.

To think that these awful people were caught by a baby monitor!! That guy just have been horrified as events unfolded. Thank goodness he reported it. The perpetrators were not given long enough prison sentences, yet they were still free years earlier than they should have been. The law is an ass!!!

The book was well written and had no lulls... Pretty crazy story and creepy as well.. Makes you wonder about humanity.

To my fragile heart its hard how fate treats the unlucky ones. Even if you are the purest of the souls you get to suffer what normally evil ones don't.

I found this book hard to read and follow, also found the middle a bit boring......sorry! But I finished it!

Rather confusing due to the language and all the different characters but on the whole very thought provoking I enjoyed though hard work