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Reading through the reviews about this book, a common point that people are making is that this book is extremely disturbing. That led me to wonder if anyone who has read this book has read anything even MORE disturbing. What IS the most disturbing book ever?
I have not personally read a book that actually made me cringe like this one did (which is saying something, as I'm pretty jaded, folks).
Try watching the movie based on the book, I was creeped out for hours afterwords. It's not graphic per say but you know what is going on and spend a lot of the time cringing with your face screwed up and muttering under your breath. I love thrillers and horror movies but this being a true story... gaaaa... and I too am pretty damn jaded.
I found the real story, very long but worth reading
http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notor...
I agree, VERY disturbing. I was so sickened I just quit reading it.(And yes, I too have been around the block a few times and seen some messed up stuff in my day. One thing I can't stomach is violence against children.)
A big part of what made this so much more disturbing than most horror books... is that it's based in truth... you don't have that safety net of knowing it's make believe, so somewhere deep in your gut you can't shake the emotions you flood through for the little girl.
I'm kind of starting to think I read a different book than everyone else. I enjoyed the writing and the story, but it really just wasn't that shocking. Maybe I wasn't thinking about it hard enough when I was reading it, maybe I was just too stoned. Maybe I was just looking for gore and ignored the fact that kids are torturing one of their own. Any other horror fan out there not really care for this book?
Jeremy wrote: "Reading through the reviews about this book, a common point that people are making is that this book is extremely disturbing. That led me to wonder if anyone who has read this book has read anythin..."Hogg by Samuel Delaney is far and away more disturbing than The Girl Next Door. It's not even close, really.
I was really looking forward to reading this book. It took me ages to track it down and before i got it i watched the film. DONT!!!!. The film has somehow ruined it for me and im struggling to finish it because i know whats going to happen. The film itself is good dont get me wrong, just make sure that you read the book if your like me!
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