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

Ryan Green is the Hemingway of True Crime. This crime was so convoluted and muli-directional that it took an author like Mr. Green to unwind the knots. He researched his topics in depth and is a joy to read for the educated reader of true crime.

Difficult to read at times due to language barrier. At times it seemed a bit far fetched for my liking and also seemed to move slowly.

It was very well written and you get to see how everyone was investigated and what that investigation has found on all the defendants and I would recommend this to anyone who likes true crime books but ones where the children actually live thruthe abuse and are rescued by some act of God or something it's a true miracle he turned on that baby monitor when he did!!I couldn't put the book down once I started reading it!

This book wasn’t exactly what I thought it would be. The description is misleading. While tragic, and bizarre, it just wasn’t like the description painted it out to be. And it wasn’t written very well.

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.

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.

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.

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.