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The Girl from the Well
by Rin Chupeco
This felt like two books. One set in the US. Then there is an awkward and unrealistic transition to Japan. This transition is filled with a lot of "stage business" to explain why and how the whole stories picks up from the US and moves wholesale over to Japan. Additionally, there is an excessive amount of exposition, of background, of conversation with the purpose of conveying background facts. There is a little passage when - poof -- out of nowhere two of the lead characters turn into active, long-winded email correspondents. This does not last very long. Jarringly, the ghost narrator is confused by modern technology to the point she can not name and is confused by e-mail but is able to call a laptop a "laptop."
The climactic ending is well done and vivid.
There is a great deal of promise here.
But it has a pretty long third quarter where it sags and loses its way.
The climactic ending is well done and vivid.
There is a great deal of promise here.
But it has a pretty long third quarter where it sags and loses its way.