The Girl Next Door

This was a very hard book to get through, just because it made me so angry. I kept wanting to scream at the main character “WHY DON'T YOU JUST GO TELL THE COPS?” Even though he did end up trying to help her, it was too little, too late. And I just think that the cops showing up so soon AFTER Meg dies was just too, I dunno, convenient? to the story. Come on, they could've gotten there a little earlier, while she was alive. As far as Ruth, she's crazy evil and I think she got just what she deserved. All in all, the book did hold my interest, even if it did make me angry (just like the real crime that this is based on made me angry.)