A review by sargasso_c
The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum

Wonderfully written and absolutely horrific.

Inspired by the true torture and murder of Sylvia Likens

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Torture, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Death, Bullying, Blood, Sexual assault, Murder, Misogyny, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cursing, Confinement, Rape, Violence, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, Self harm, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Alcohol, Gore, Infidelity, Eating disorder, Car accident, Mental illness, Grief, Excrement, Body shaming, and Alcoholism

Minor: Dysphoria