Thread:LucidPigeons/@comment-27818776-20151115220005/@comment-27818776-20151116005501

Overall, The Girl Next Door is a pretty good, albeit, depressing, book and film. It discusses how humans can commit depraved acts almost as easy as breathing, and it paints a dark light on the 1950s. The 1950s were seen as an innocent time usually to the point that domestic abuse was so unheard of, that it was almost nonexistent. Sure, there might have been a few instances of domestic abuse here and there, but it most certainly would've been behind closed door. Ruth was portrayed by Blanche Baker, and she did a very great job at performing her. She was chilling, hateable, sadistic, etc. I would kind of suggest watching the film, but I understand if it would be a little hard to stomach.