Good book -- a very sad story

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	• Such Good Boys: The True Story of a Mother, Two Sons and a Horrifying Murder Tina Dirmann St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2005 - 256 pages average customer review:based on 29 reviews view larger image
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Good book -- a very sad story

It's a fast read. The book focuses on the life of the sons (who killed their mother). I remember when this story made headlines. The sons were villains in the media. I don't remember any of the information in this book being in the media. Shows how people can be convicted in the media when the public doesn't know the whole story. The mother was mentally ill and her sons had a tragic and abusive childhood being raised by her. Not an "excuse" to kill someone, but I can understand what drove them after reading this book. Tragic all the way around.

Not one of those books I couldn't put down.. Not one of the most well-written books I've read, but I appreciate the other side of the story being told.

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Good Reading

This was a very good book. Fast read. The only thing I didn't like was the fact that I found myself feeling sorry for the boys. Something should have been done long before this had to happen. It seems as though these boys fell through the cracks of society. It's almost as though these boys had NO choice other then to do what they did. For them it was the only way to find some sense of peace and security. If murder wasn't wrong I would almost say that I didn't blame them.

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awesome

This book was a very intersting book. I love to read and let me tell you it was not put down until I read all the book. The arthur is amazing and left you feeling as if you were actually there. If you love true crime stories this is the book for you

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Recommended

I agree with most other reviewers. While this may not have been the most exciting or well written true crime book, it may certainly qualify as the most tragic. It was a fast read and was interesting.

Shame on all those who saw what was happening to those poor suffering boys and refused to report it. Shame on all those who knew this mother was schizophrenic and did nothing to assist her. In particular, I am perplexed and angry that this woman's own family did nothing to gain treatment for their seriously mentally ill daughter! They had options and chose instead to do nothing.

Even more tragic, her family allowed those two boys to suffer for years and years! Where is the justice in punishing Jason? While murder is wrong and I am not condoning the actions of her older son, one can hardly blame him. Yes, he was of legal age, employed, and could have left his mother... but children raised in abusive homes often do not feel secure enough to leave or to even see leaving as a viable option. Jason has served some time in prison. He is certainly not a continued threat to society, nor was he ever. Perhaps a sympathetic judge will someday commute the sentence for this young man and allow him to have some chance at life... a normal life. This woman's parents should have been on trial for doing NOTHING!

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Those poor kids

I really felt sorry for the two sons in this book. It's horrible the life they led, and shameful that nobody in the mother's family ever took the trouble to find out about what was going on and step in.

I think they were justified to a certain extent in what they did; however, their cold and callous actions after the fact is probably what sent them to prison for such a long time.

Definitely not the best-written true crime I have read, but an interesting story.

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