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jaqkalm 's review for:
The Girl from the Well
by Rin Chupeco
A quick read, though not an easy one given the subject matter. I could have done with less grisly, graphic depictions of torture and murder. Honestly though, I picked this one up because The Ring still terrifies me, and this is a much friendlier take on that spirit - one who avenges the deaths of children, whose retribution is only ever earned.
There are some unusual choices of composition around line-breaks that work with varying degrees of success throughout the story; they seem to be mimicking the sharp, prickly horror string sound that you hear alongside the preternaturally swift, broken movement of ghosts in horror films. I'm not wholly sold on them. For having been written from the limited perspective of a ghost who is both there and not, it's easy enough to follow otherwise.
This is entirely outside my usual genre for multiple reasons, so I don't know whether to recommend it to fans of horror, Japanese ghost stories, etc. It was - unsettling, but ultimately a rewarding read, and a decent enough way to spend a lazy summer afternoon.
There are some unusual choices of composition around line-breaks that work with varying degrees of success throughout the story; they seem to be mimicking the sharp, prickly horror string sound that you hear alongside the preternaturally swift, broken movement of ghosts in horror films. I'm not wholly sold on them. For having been written from the limited perspective of a ghost who is both there and not, it's easy enough to follow otherwise.
This is entirely outside my usual genre for multiple reasons, so I don't know whether to recommend it to fans of horror, Japanese ghost stories, etc. It was - unsettling, but ultimately a rewarding read, and a decent enough way to spend a lazy summer afternoon.