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The Girl Next Door
The Girl Next Door
Author: Jack Ketchum
SOMEBODY'S KNOCKIN'...Suburbia in the 1950s. A nice quiet simpler time to grow up—unless you count the McCarthy trials and red-scares and the shadow of the Bomb and the Cold War, unless you could see the dark side emerging. And on a quiet tree-lined dead-end street, in the dark damp basement of the Chandler house, it's emerging big-time for...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780843955439
ISBN-10: 0843955430
Publication Date: 5/31/2005
Pages: 370
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 155 ratings
Publisher: Leisure Books
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 9
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reviewed The Girl Next Door on + 145 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 9
If you are a true horror junkie, you'll like it, though you might feel sickened; if you are not a horror fan, stay away from this book! I think in some books, if the idea that something could really happen, it just seems that much more revolting. Ketchum is a big name for horror fans these days. I've read some more by him and though some might not agree, this one was tame compared to some I've read. It's disgusting, true, but tamer than some of his others.
reviewed The Girl Next Door on + 8 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 6
Couldn't put the book down. Though it is very disturbing. Do not order if your faint at heart!
BostonBooks avatar reviewed The Girl Next Door on + 48 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 6
Read it in one day, very disturbing, I can't believe what they did to that poor girl, i was so angry at times, i wanted to just jump right in and grab those kids, the lady was really nuts, a must read.
reviewed The Girl Next Door on + 41 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
you should have a strong stomach for cruelety to be able to read this book
lasergirl70 avatar reviewed The Girl Next Door on + 34 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
I knew when I started reading this book that would not be easy. Not just because of the reviews I read or the description of the story. But because I knew that even though this story was fiction..it was based on a true story. That's what made it hard. But as hard as it was, it was still a book I could not put down. Truly terrifying at times, The Girl Next Door, reminds us that the real monsters are not the vampires and werewolves of movies and books, but the people in our own backyards. The real monsters look like you and me. That's what scares me most.
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I thought this was absolutely the worst book that I have ever read. I got it from this sight and burned it with the trash instead of reposting it. Please don't waste you time with this book!
mom2zandz avatar reviewed The Girl Next Door on + 5 more book reviews
Holy crap!! Reading this book is kind of like seeing a train wreck or a fire, you just can't help but look. Very disturbing!!
Acknud avatar reviewed The Girl Next Door on + 82 more book reviews
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.
ckafader avatar reviewed The Girl Next Door on + 5 more book reviews
Pretty creepy if you're into the serial-killer genre. Easy read, quite graphic, reminded me a little of Intensity, written by Dean Koontz. I'm going to look into a few more of this author's books to determine if he will become one of my must-read writers.
rcketman avatar reviewed The Girl Next Door on + 38 more book reviews
what evil lurks behind the doors of your next door neighbor? jack Ketchum knows and writes about it in this book. It will leave you thinking, "Did I live next to someone like that"
Scary, mind provoking book. Excellent, his best.
laurenh37 avatar reviewed The Girl Next Door on + 3 more book reviews
What an awful story! The book itself is good but the story that is based on true events, is horrible. Not sure how this could happen and why the kids did what they did but this girl endured horrific abuse.


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