Such an emotional book. I am in awe of how Elisabeth managed to pull through so many years of being locked in the cellar and being capable of birthing and raising her family alone in the cellar in a slow-like moving frame while the world upstairs continued at a fast pace course. It’s a must read, it gives a great insight of those who are interested in psychological understandings of both the perpetrators and their victims.

A very good read. Couldn't put in down. Was confused by Dr. Ablow's last sentence about this evil, Devil man, Josef Fritzl, who raped his own daughter for years and years! Everything he did, can be explained by all that has happened in his life. (I paraphrased.) Dr. Ablow's letting Fritzl off the hook, allowing Fritzl to not take responsibility for his own cruel actions. Cruel is too nice of a word! Fritz's a DEMON! He should be tortured like he tortured. Shame on Fritzl!! Forever shame on him!!! But greatly written book. How could the wife not know though, bringing all of those groceries in that time??

This is a wonderful read. My heart goes out to Elisabeth and her children. Even though the book is very interesting, I only gave 4 stars because there was so much repetition. I thank the writer for bringing this story to me. :)

It started out as a good story. Then there was a lot of repetition. The same things were being told over and over by different people. The ending was terrible what happened to Elisabeth and her children are they OK ? What kind of sentence did her father receive?

While the things that happened to Elisabeth are nothing short of a nightmare, this book is just not good. It is an assortment of hearsay evidence from tabloids and pieces of interviews done by various people other than the author of this novel. I just didn't think it read well. Save your money and read Elisabeth's story on the Internet.

I haven't read this yet but who do you ask questions to? It says this book has 256 pages -but I'm reading it on my iPhone and so it says 588 pages-. That seems awfully short considering I just finished a books that was 288 pages -1064 when read on iPhone-. How could this be possible?

I could not stop reading this book!

Great ending to a horrific beginning......

while this was a very addictive and great read...i felt like it was such a sad story that you really have to be into this sort of ordeal psychologically speaking to read the horrors this book tells. captivating, but can give you nightmares...sickening to know these horrors exist and man can do this to man. There is TRUE EVIL in this world.

Very spellbinding. Masterfully written, you can almost feel the emotions. Another inspiring book about the human spirit and how goodness will almost always overcome evil of the worst kind.