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The Girl from the Well

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The Girl from the Well

By: Rin Chupeco
Narrated by: Andi Arndt
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About this listen

Okiku wants vengeance...and she gets it. Whenever there's a monster hurting a child - the same way she was hurt 300 years ago in Japan - her spirit is there to deliver punishment. But one American boy draws her like no other. The two are pulled into a world of eerie doll rituals and dark Shinto exorcisms that will take them from the American Midwest to the remote valleys and shrines of Aomori, Japan. The boy is not a monster, but something evil writhes beneath his skin, trapped by a series of intricate tattoos. Can Okiku protect him? Or is her presence only bringing more harm?

©2017 Rin Chupeco (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Horror Literature & Fiction Multicultural Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Paranormal Science Fiction & Fantasy Scary Fantasy Fiction Teen Girls Ghost Horror

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I have recently discovered Rin Chupeco and I am in love with her writing. This is one of the best stories I have listened to. The narrator is also fantastic. Give this book a listen. I highly recommend it. Thank you Rin for another wonderful story.

Disturbing, horrifying and absolutely brilliant

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whilst I loved the idea of this book, I found it difficult to relate to the characters due in part to the distant narrator. I also didn't feel that there was enough growth in the characters. Given the reader/listener is so far removed from what is going on, greater growth would have helped.

I also felt the story began to say around the halfway point, as if the author ran out of steam.

The performance was good and suitably subdued given the narrator.

Unfortunately I wasn't keen enough on this book to seek out the sequel.

interesting premise let down by distance

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I like how it took stories like The Ring/Ringu and completely turned them into something so different yet strangely familiar. It shows a different side to a vengeful spirit and it is a welcome change.

As someone who loves Japanese culture, I enjoyed the different elements you don’t get within western literature.

There is nothing I dislike about this book, I would wholeheartedly recommend to anyone looking for a horror story.

Great story

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4.5 stars
Just the perfect amount of creepy and haunted.
The audiobook was very well done, and I also really enjoyed the voice of the main protagonist. Definitely one I can see myself rereading for fun.
It was everything I could want from a story about the girl from the well.

Highly Haunting Fable

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I absolutely loved this book. Rin Chupeco is a very talented writer indeed, writing a book of wit and originality, respectful of the cultural origins of the tale, this story of Okiku is at times heartbreaking but yet uplifting. It is a horror novel but not exploitatively so, as so many are these days, seemingly competing for who can be the most shocking and gory. No, this one is a very sophisticated telling of Okiku's tale, with love, joy, pain, redemption, realisation, acceptance. All of that packed into a very classy novel.

A wonderful listen too, with perfect narration by Andi Arndt, who I had not come across before this book. Thoroughly enjoyable, and I definitely plan to listen to it again.

Superb tale of revenge and redemption

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