Reviews
Abandoned Prayers: The Incredible True Story of Murder, Obsession and Amish Secrets by Gregg Olsen
lestatsoul's review
dark
informative
sad
tense
slow-paced
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Gore, Addiction, Gun violence, and Abandonment
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
xxstefaniereadsxx's review
informative
slow-paced
4.0
Gregg Olsen is one of my favorite true crime writers. In this book, Olsen covers the case of a young child, whose body was found by a hunter in a cornfield. Eventually, the trail led back to the father of the boy, Eli Stultzman, who was involved in some nefarious activities. I found this book particularly interesting, because I read a lot of material about different religions and cultures. It is very interesting how religion plays such a big part in the motivations for people's activities. Some of the book seemed a little hard to follow, as though it flip flopped around. Overall, the book was really good, but if you are not into graphic details of sexual stuff, you may want to avoid.