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ashitaria

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Have you ever read the Girl next door? I have, and I don't think I can sleep tonight.

I found this book in the library, and it seemed to really interesting. Now I wish I hadn't read it.

It's about these two girls whose' parents constantly move. They are eventually put in their aunt's care, who is a total a-hole. Actually, forget a-hole. It's hard to believe that she is even human.

David, the main character, befriends the two girls. He doesn't know that his aunt is abusing them. He's weak, intimidated, but righteous. So eventually, he finds out about the abuse when the aunt starts inviting the neighborhood kids to torture them.

It started with abuse, now outright torture. One of the girls, Megan, is constantly tortured. She's bathed in boiling baths, beaten, raped with coke bottles, starved, tied up by the thumbs, in other words, out right torture by the aunt's children, the aunt, and the neighborhood kids.

David, who's scared that he will get caught for ratting her out, doesn't do anything. By the time the police step in, it's too late.

Megan is killed. The number 3 was branded on her chest, the sentence, "I'm a prostitute and I'm proud of it" is branded on her stomach with a boiling sewing needle. The rest of the murder is so grotesque that describing it will make me kill myself now. I'm not even kidding, I swear.

And guess what? I had the privilege to find out that it was based on a true story. I don't think this will be something that I will ever forget. I'm sobbing so hard now, and this the first book that has ever done this to me.

It's so seriously disturbing, so seriously grim, and so seriously horrifying that the scenes will practically make you jump in fright.

I definitely don't recommend this book to anyone. It seriously makes me question humanity.

And Lyra, if you are reading this, you can now know that I know exactly how you feel.
 

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Mhmm.

It will be ok.

< Rest your head, little lamb.
 

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I'm definitely gonna read this book.
 

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Megan is killed. The number 3 was branded on her chest, the sentence, "I'm a prostitute and I'm proud of it" is branded on her stomach with a boiling sewing needle. The rest of the murder is so grotesque that describing it will make me kill myself now. I'm not even kidding, I swear.

Don't hurt yourself! Atrocity should make you feel that way. The world is not filled with atrocity; that is why it is so shocking. Most people are good, and want to be good. If you feel sick after reading such a thing, it speaks well of you.

Go find something uplifting to read, maybe something favorite you have read before. For me, when something like this happens, I turn to James Herriot, and his book All Creatures Great and Small. It is the true story of a loving veterinarian circa WWII in England.
 

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What I really want to know is, what makes the aunt tick?

Oh what fun it would be to pull her mind apart, piece by piece.
 

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What made you pick this book up in the first place? I'm sure the description on the back wasn't funny and whimsical. I can understand having this overwhelming urge to finish a book, but if it said on the back "insane cruel old lady tortures/rapes little girl repeatedly" I would not naturally be inclined to read it. But hey, maybe that's just me.
 

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What made you pick this book up in the first place? I'm sure the description on the back wasn't funny and whimsical. I can understand having this overwhelming urge to finish a book, but if it said on the back "insane cruel old lady tortures/rapes little girl repeatedly" I would not naturally be inclined to read it. But hey, maybe that's just me.

Curiosity killed the cat. -_-
 

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Same fascination as watching a train wreck? You know it's going to be dreadful but you watch anyway?
 

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The description on the back of the book probably said something akin to:

''David is drawn to the quiet new girls in town. His friendship with them is tragically torn apart by their cruel aunt, as an abusive situation begins spiralling out of control.''

And maybe there was a quote: ''A tragic and heart-wrenching tale, as deep as it is disturbing, this is a must-read.''

Publishers don't want to scare off their audience. i doubt they'd advertize the full horror of the story.

Or maybe I'm wrong? I'm assuming this was marketed for a teen/YA demographic.
 

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To question humanity ashitaria, you say? Question it right now. You could find out that we're wrong about it all the time... it can be painful... but it is one step closer to the truth. So we should question everything we take for granted... you can learn much from this book... not that I read it, but the fact you have a negative emotional response says for itself that you do have some illusions to brake.

What is painful about the truth? Only the moment we realize. To struggle and try to deny it? A shameful act for a thinker... a shameful act for anyone... after we realize it and accept it, no pain and no disappointment... all the pain we feel when we realize one truth are the screams of dying lies. Longer you postpone the realization, greater the pain will be...

To be brutally honest with yourself... that is the true treasure and only way to actually advance. Okay, now I've gone to general view... but it is good to point out.
 

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but the fact you have a negative emotional response says for itself that you do have some illusions to brake.
Or it could be that the poor person read something horrifying and was upset by it? Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar after all.

all the pain we feel when we realize one truth are the screams of dying lies.

What about: Your cancer is terminal, you didn't get into college, she doesn't love you anymore, you have no friends, etc?

There are bad things out there that are far worse than feeling your naivete get destroyed.
 

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to OP, I grimace while reading this. I don't see how you finished it... and
based on a true story?!?!?
Now I must resort to watching Teletubbies to clear my head...
 

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I think that book is on one of those "Most Disturbing Books Ever" lists somewhere. I find it funny in a weird sort of way that on the cover Stephen King is quoted as saying, "...authentically shocking...a long look into hell, suburban style, The Girl Next Door will not disappoint". Really? Bleh.

I want to know how the other kids got involved and didn't tell anybody. The aunt? Whatever. She's crazy/evil/screwed up. The real gritty issue comes in when the boy doesn't do a damned thing about it until it's too late. Isn't he the one we are supposed to identify with? How can I identify with a weak creature unable to stand up against the vilest of violations? The girls were dealing with the situation. The aunt was causing it. The boy was failing to be the savior he should have been. Plus I suspect, as always, society is to blame.

GAH! This is why I can't read these kinds of things. I find myself wanting to burn everyone up in a fire and then going off to live like a hermit.
 

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Have you ever read the Girl next door? I have, and I don't think I can sleep tonight.
Now you've gone and done it. You posted the book summary and then I have to go and read it. When I find that it is about a horrible book I just have to finish reading the post just to find out how horrible it is. I just couldn't stop myself! And to top it off you say it is based on a true story! Shit like this keeps me up at night.

Help please! Does anybody have a sappy youtube video or something I can watch?
 

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Mhmm.

It will be ok.

< Rest your head, little lamb.
Never trust Haruhi....

I can't say I have read the book. I've never been one to be affected by a book, but I guess I am weird like that.
 
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