The Girl Next Door

Excellent book

Loved this book, the content is not for the faint hearted. It will stay on your mind, especially being based on a true story. The author has worked well to capture the darkness behind the story and it is well written. Not too keen on the way amazon have printed it, it feels like a bootleg copy but otherwise, read this book if you enjoy being mildly traumatised.

Great book. Not for the faint of heart

Wandering across the internet looking for something worth reading or watching I stumbled upon this book. Triggered by the countless reviews, none of which was less that amazing, I decided to give it a try. I already knew the story and I was eager to know how the author succeeded in making a novel out if it. I had absolutely no clue what I was about to step into. Honestly, it’s been a living hell. Hardly ever I have experienced something so strong. The story is hunting, disturbing it goes right to your guts and makes you sick. It drags you into a bottomless pit of desperation, anger and hopelessness. Being based on real events this true-crime story really has a completely different taste from everything I’ve ever red before. The more you go through the pages the more you want to know. Knowing becomes a strong addiction, you want to know how far the story goes and how bad it turns. It is so stunningly written that I found myself cringing and flinching. All that pain and suffering those poor girls had to go through while kept captive as well as their tormentors are so vivid that you feel you have to turn your head the other way. It is said that no beast is so fierce but knows some touch of pity, yet everyone who met those girls and took part in her agony felt like having none of it. The story is told by a teenage boy next door, the only character you soon start to have some hope he could do something right, taking into action and turn things around. Someone said this book is not meant for everybody but everybody should read it. It well describes the human wickedness and its banality. As for me it’s almost impossible to not rate this book with anything less of 5 stars.

Me encantooo- debi a leerlo en 4 semanas (un reto mensual- este fue x “Autor con tus iniciales”) había visto en YouTube reseñas muy buenas del autor- lo q leí en 3 semanas fue muy poco la verdad, menos de la mitad, pero faltándome tanto comencé a quedarme si poder parar! Debía saber que estaba ocurriendo con los personajes!!!! 😱 SUPER recomiendo 👍🏻 Horrible sensación de WTF pero así es como sabes que en vdd es una buena historia - y si sucedió!!!