Viktoriya B. (shpriz1) reviewed on + 38 more book reviews
honestly can't rate this book. I want to give it at least 4 stars, but at the same time I feel that I'd be saying "good job" to Josef Fritzl, since this book would not have ever been written had it not been for his actions.
My mind still can't really grasp that a human being could be so cruel and heartless and egoistic to do the things he did to his own daughter, Elisabeth, to her children (who are his children as well). I am boggled that for over 20 years noone noticed anything out of the ordinary in that house.
As far as the writing itself, the book is mediocre. The author, John Glatt, makes you believe that everything you read is the truth: Josef's childhood, his prior murders/rapes, the things he said and/or did. Only towards the end of the book, you realize that a lot of those things were simply assumed, not much about Fritzl's past can be proven. The book is quite repetitive. At first, it's the account from the outsider's point of view. Then we hear the same story (and many times even the same sentences are used) when Elisabeth is telling it to the police. And finally, we hear it all over again from Josef. Therefore, the last few chapters were really a drag. It was clear that the author had really no "inside" knowledge of what was really going on with the treatment of all family members and how everyone is dealing with it. All of his information came from the tabloid magazines and newspapers.
My mind still can't really grasp that a human being could be so cruel and heartless and egoistic to do the things he did to his own daughter, Elisabeth, to her children (who are his children as well). I am boggled that for over 20 years noone noticed anything out of the ordinary in that house.
As far as the writing itself, the book is mediocre. The author, John Glatt, makes you believe that everything you read is the truth: Josef's childhood, his prior murders/rapes, the things he said and/or did. Only towards the end of the book, you realize that a lot of those things were simply assumed, not much about Fritzl's past can be proven. The book is quite repetitive. At first, it's the account from the outsider's point of view. Then we hear the same story (and many times even the same sentences are used) when Elisabeth is telling it to the police. And finally, we hear it all over again from Josef. Therefore, the last few chapters were really a drag. It was clear that the author had really no "inside" knowledge of what was really going on with the treatment of all family members and how everyone is dealing with it. All of his information came from the tabloid magazines and newspapers.
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