The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum
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Book Reviews of The Girl Next Door
Book Review: Beware your friends and family
Summary: 3 Stars
While the reviews of this book were good I did not find it all that gripping. Yes, it was horrifying in its description of what man is capable of doing to his fellow man. What I found more interesting is the herd acceptance of what is right and wrong and the willingness of people to just go along rather than rock the boat.Book Review: Copycat story!
Summary: 2 Stars
This is a copycat of what happened to Sylvia Likens. Minor adjustments made, but basically the same story. Not very original. You should read the original story "House of Evil" by John Dean.Book Review: BURN BEFORE READING- very disappointing
Summary: 1 Stars
For the first ten pages this book seemed to be a promising read; the other 200 or so were a compilation of vile rape and torture scenes. After reading thousands of books over the past twenty years this is by far the worst one I have ever bought. I have never returned a book but this is one that is going back to the bookstore! I was so offended to the core of my being that I believe Jack Ketchum needs to be removed from shelves. This is not a praise of his horror writing abilities. This is a terse statement that he has written smut that should be illegal and is certainly unethical. Please do not read, please do not buy, please spread the word.Book Review: Just plain Gross
Summary: 1 Stars
This book has absolutely no redeeming value what so ever, I know these things occur in the sick minds of monster humans but I would prefer not to read about them in detail. It is definitely not a horror novel at least in my definition of what horror is supposed to be.
The book is just plain gross, it does not take any kind of talent to conjure up sick images, just a sick mind. I stopped reading a lot of King when he used a child in Pet Sematary getting hit by a semi trailer.Cheap tricks if you ask me. Good horror is akin to Anne Rice's Interview With A Vampire. Read it if you must. Skip the first 135 pages nothing happens.
Book Review: Compelling but WAY too Disturbing
Summary: 1 Stars
I read a lot of horror/post-apocalyptic fiction but rarely post reviews. The rape and torture depicted in this book were much too disturbing for me, and I want to warn others who may be at all sensitive to stay away. I must give the writer credit for a compelling, well-written novel, but it still makes me sick to my stomach to think about what occurs in its pages.