A review by rhysied
The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

This book has left me an empty husk of a human, wondering how the hell someone can do this to another person. Because I know the story is based off a real crime. 
I cry for Meg, I cry for humanity. I cry for me a little bit.
This book made me need a hug.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Body horror, Mental illness, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Body shaming, Violence, Child death, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Incest, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Cursing, and Rape