La chica de al lado

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Jack Ketchum: La chica de al lado (Spanish language, 2006, La Factoría de Ideas)

print book, 315 pages

Spanish language

Published Nov. 18, 2006 by La Factoría de Ideas.

ISBN:
978-84-9800-243-0
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OCLC Number:
1026211709

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3 stars (6 reviews)

Los suburbios en una ciudad cualquiera de los Estados Unidos en los años 50. Calles sombreadas, con el césped bien cortado, árboles en líneas perfectas y casas acogedoras. Un lugar tranquilo y bonito donde crecer, siempre que no seas la adolescente Meg o su hermana tullida Susan. En una calle sin salida, en un oscuro y húmedo sótano de la casa Chandler, Meg y Susan, cuyos padres han muerto, están cautivas a manos de una tía lejana que está cayendo progresivamente en la locura. Una locura que está trasmitiendo a su familia, y finalmente al barrio entero.

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The Consequences of True Crime

4 stars

Gruesome meditation of the Sylvia Likens case through the thin veil of fiction which even Ketchum admits is a reaction to the feelings of rage and helplessness he felt. It's interesting to have the protagonists be a kid who may or may not have been one of the participants in the case, someone who could have been complicit in something everyone must have sensed in the neighborhood.

Strangely I can vividly remembering reading a chapter one this book when I was 12, which seems young for the content.

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4 stars

Quick review trying to leave out spoilers: I finished this book with a trip to the gym where I could work out some aggressions. Anger aggression that is. It'd be easy to confuse the types after reading this book. I felt dirty and angry. It doesn't make me love the book, but I think that's sort of the point. It's worth the time assuming you can control your urges after. Revenge urges that is. :)

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