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The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco

11 reviews

makenna_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Murder, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Murder, Body horror, Death, Blood, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content, Misogyny, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Torture, Sexism, Child death, Grief, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Rape, Ableism, Bullying, and Homophobia

roksyreads's review

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? It's complicated

4.5

Dark, tense, and a little bit mysterious; this is a great ghost story inspired by Japanese legend that is satisfyingly creepy but also oddly sweet. It was a comfortable read, easy to finish in a couple of sessions, but balanced nicely by a steady pace. It won't be for everyone, but I thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Rape, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

kristiranee's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

I really enjoyed this story! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Child abuse, and Child death

Minor: Pedophilia

Nothing explicit, but there are mentions of how many people/children have been murdered by the guys and brief mentions of how one guy likes younger kids that could be triggering to some readers.

shadowspinner's review

dark tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Rape

lodestar45's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Violence, Rape, and Mental illness

Minor: Pedophilia and Child abuse

jayisreading's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.25

Every once in a while, I’m in the mood to read some kind of horror. I picked this book at random, not knowing much beyond a general summary. I should preface that I’m not easily scared, so, for those who get antsy with the horror genre, take what I say with a grain of salt. I honestly didn’t find this book scary at all. I can tell Chupeco was leaning more towards a haunting atmosphere than anything, but there are also a few gory moments that may make some queasy.

I thought the main point-of-view from a spirit named Okiku really interesting. She had a distinct voice that gave the story a strong direction for the most part, especially highlighting themes of healing as well as revenge. However, I think the development of the characters in this book suffered a little in favor of atmosphere, which, unfortunately, didn’t do much for me.

I think this is one of those hit-or-miss books. Chupeco is a great writer, though, so I don’t think you’ll be too disappointed with this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Child death, Murder, and Body horror

Moderate: Torture, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Pedophilia and Rape

the_books_music_life's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

If you like audiobooks you HAVE to listen to the audio version of this book. The narrator is fantastic, the breaks and skips she does the she's reading reflect perfectly with what Okiku is feeling/thinking/experiencing. It adds a whole other level to the reading experience. Do not read this book at night. This is coming from someone who lives for horror movies and scary stuff, this book freaked me out. It was like watching The Grudge for the first time when I was a kid. Ron Chupeco is a master of horror, the book verges on the side of gross, but it’s done in a way where it’s still considered YA.

The way the story is narrated by a spirit is so fascinating and different. Okiku as a narrator makes the story feel as if you’re watching a movie. I was not expecting the book to be so fast paced I was on chapter 7 and a major thing happened. Even though the plot moves kinda fast it’s done in a way that you’re not left behind or lost. 

You follow, see and experience everything the way Okiku does and that lends a different lens to the story itself. We only get Okiku’s point of view and the writing jumps and skips to follows Okiku’s moods and what she is experiencing. It honestly felt like I was watching a movie instead of listening to an audiobook, the only time the spell broke-so to speak- was when Okiku started counting things. 

I kept getting/seeing similarities between this book and two of my all time favorite Japanese horror movies, The Ring and The Grudge. When I got that validation from the book itself I was so excited because I’ve never seen those movies done in a book like this before. 

You can’t help but feel so badly for Okiku. The more you learn about who she was and what happened to her, the more you feel for her and understand her. I want to wrap her in a blanket and just cuddle her. Which, you might find weird since she’s a murdered vengeful ghost.

The big climax was a little juvenile in my opinion, I think it could have been done better but that small thing doesn’t take away how much I enjoyed this book. This is now on my all time favorite book list. There was something that happened near the end of the book that had me so worried. 

Overall I would definitely recommend this book, any lover of scary books and horror movies will love this book. I wouldn’t recommend it as a starter into horror cause this book had some scenes that freaked even me out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual violence, Blood, Child death, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Stalking and Death of parent

brookey8888's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I really liked the beginning of this but like I didn’t care for where it went. I wish it just followed the ghost and her killing disgusting men. The characters were fine but I didn’t really care about them. I did feel bad for the ghost though. Also I think it’s because I was listening to the audiobook but I kept getting confused about who was narrating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

beholderess's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Death

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Death of parent and Rape