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(More customer reviews)As other reviews, I agree that the book has been well written, though repetitive towards the end- but an easy read. I was able to finish it in a day.
I think Glatt just compiled all the articles that were produced since the case went public. I doubt anyone has any information on Elisabeth's dungeon diary or court testimony.
Without any of those, you will not be able to get the details on this case. If you really want to get this book, just wiki it and read the footnote articles. I doubt you'll find anything new in the book.
This is the worst crime in history. I doubt anyone can top it with anything else. Nothing is comparable.
I have one question I wish someone can answer: How is she sane?
24 years, 3,000 rapes, living in a basement, no sunlight, no fresh air, no freedom, not knowing if 'the monster' will come, not knowing what to do if he died, bearing 7 children, seeing one child die in your arms, having 3 children taken away from your arms, living with 3 children- possibly seeing one of them raped by her father/grandfather (doctors were not able to confirm that Kerstin has been raped by Josef Fritzl) yet caring for them... Need I say more?
What I like about the book is the explanation of the psychology behind Josef Fritzl's actions. When the reader is given reasons why someone would commit such an act- it settles something within them- to know, things like this don't happen at random and for no reason.
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Josef Fritzl was a 73-year-old retired engineer in Austria. He seemed to be living a normal life with his wife, Rosemarie, and their family—though one daughter, Elisabeth, had decades earlier been "lost" to a religious cult. Throughout the years, three of Elisabeth's children mysteriously appeared on the Fritzls' doorstep; Josef and Rosemarie raised them as their own. But only Josef knew the truth about Elisabeth's disappearance…For twenty-seven years, Josef had imprisoned and molested Elisabeth in his man-made basement dungeon, complete with sound-proof paneling and code-protected electric locks. There, she would eventually give birth to a total of seven of Josef's children. One died in infancy—and the other three were raised alongside Elisabeth, never to see the light of day.Then, in 2008, one of Elisabeth's children became seriously ill, and was taken to the hospital. It was the first time the nineteen-year-old girl had ever gone outside—and soon, the truth about her background, her family's captivity, and Josef's unspeakable crimes would come to light.
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