The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Girl Next Door
Book Review: Great book
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a great book. I am looking forward to seeing the movie and I truly hope it does the book justice. This is one of Jack Ketchum's best.Book Review: Horrifying
Summary: 5 Stars
If you have been a victim of child abuse, do not read this book. If you are sensitive to this subject matter, do not read this book. Many times I knew that I should have put this book down and taken a shower, but it just kept drawing me back in. Definitely a book that will stay with me a long time. A horrifying tale of abuse of a young girl at the hands of the neighborhood children and her own relatives. While the subject matter is hard to deal with, Ketchum's writing is wonderful and really makes you turn the pages, whether you want to or not.Book Review: Horrifying
Summary: 4 Stars
Wow, when you find out that there is information left out of this book b/c it's too digusting or horrifying to relate you know you've got a good piece of horror. I read this book in a day, & was completely mesmerized by Ketchum's storytelling. I thought the 1st person point of view was really interesting, you find yourself pulling for him & maybe not really wanting the believe that he acutally participated (passivley anyway).
I would recommend it for any horror lover, the fact that it's rooted in truth makes it even more terrifying!
Book Review: How normal are your neighbors?
Summary: 5 Stars
As I read this book, I kept telling myself that the happy ending would come soon, that someone would finally step in and say "enough is enough" and save this girl from her abusers. But, no, the abuse just got more disturbing and at one point I threw the book across the room becuase I couldn't take it anymore. Just like the main character David, I too felt compelled to return to the basement next door.
This is a sick story- hard to put down, hard to stomach, but well written nonetheless.
Book Review: Human-Horror, You want Justice
Summary: 4 Stars
You can sum up this book perfectly with: It is the complete opposite of McCammon's "A Boy's Life" -- in every way that book tries to celebrate childhood, this one takes those same kids from that book (bullies and all) and throws them into this crock-pot of insanity-driven torture of an innocent but proud girl.
If you are an experience horror reader, all the classic Kings and that type, this book will come off as "rough" in parts, but feel a lot like other human-driven-horror novels where you are biting your nails being around psychos. If you have read a few horror novels but mostly stick to self-help and fun reading, this book will seem like murder-porn to you and you'll likely stop reading it.
It's well written and moves fast, I wouldn't call the material riveting in the sense that you are on an "adventure", it keeps you turning the page for the same reason you drive slowly by car-crashes on the freeway and crane your neck around to see how bad it was.
You definitely want to follow this up with something uplifting and funny. I might recommend "John Dies at the End" for a mindless adventure with some great laughs.