A review by velarin
Szatan w naszym domu. Kulisy śledztwa w sprawie przemocy rytualnej by Lawrence Wright

dark informative medium-paced

3.25

My problem with this book is the topic. It isn’t badly written yet I didn’t enjoy reading it in the slightest. I would probably read a book on US “satanic panic” and the parts dealing with the reasons for it and its history were the ones I found the most interesting. But anything concerning Ingrams’ case? Hard no. All the disgusting details
that turn out to not matter in the grand scheme of things,
were just too much for me. 

If the focus of the book was to study the reaction of the public (which, as it often does, immediately jumped on the train of taking sides, glamorization and parapsychology) rather than shaky theories on repressing and fabricating memories, I’d rate it higher. 

Also - way too much of Freud. 
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