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The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco

4 reviews

gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

The Details:
Narrated by Andi Arndt
Unabridged

This reminded me of Anna Dressed in Blood.

There's were scenes that generally terrified me, and it amplified from listening this at home, on my own, in the dark. I loved that.

I liked that the main perspective was from Okiku, the ghost, as she observed life around her. It particularly interesting when some touched with the sight interacted with her in some way.

I was fascinated by Okiku's habit of counting. I think this is usually used in myths and legends to distract some of the paranormal beings, but here it felt self soothing and we found out the reasoning for it later, which added to a compelling back story.

The dolls were really creepy! 

I definitely zoned out during some scenes, but generally this was hooking and intriguing.

I immediately went and listened to the companion novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Medical content, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Body horror, Blood, Death, Murder, Torture, Confinement, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Gore, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse

vidalovesspice's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Dementia, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Violence, Death of parent, Child death, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

Moderate: Bullying and Torture

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty

dom_pinkney's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This was an amazing book! I was hooked from the start and the ending was fantastic. I’m hesitant about endings because they may not sum up the book properly or wrap everything up in a fairytale ending. Don’t expect that from The Girl From the Well. VERY good book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Physical abuse and Child death

daniellestarredpages's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Read my review here: 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Medical content, Mental illness, Torture, and Vomit