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A review by seashelfs
The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco
3.0
(3.5)
A different spin of the Japanese legend popularized in horror classics such as "The Ring". Okiku is a murderous spirit bound for revenge. Only in the past few centuries does she change her approach to target people that kill children. In comes a strange tattooed boy that has a dark secret.
We follow three main POVs. Okiku, the murderous ghost. Tark, the tattooed boy- strange occurrences seem to always happen with him around. And Callie, Tark's cousin.
Tarquin - Tark, for short - emanates strong Jughead vibes in a "I'm weird. I'm a weirdo. Have you ever seen me without this stupid hat on?" way. Edgy teenager alert! Where sarcasm is plenty.
Okiku's POVs are cringy. I get the author is trying to display the state her mind is in by lots of broken sentences, seeing as she is a ghost or "lost spirit". It's experimental and I understand why it's written that way but it doesn't mean I have to like it. I might have enjoyed the style more if I was younger or if I haven't read a lot of books yet.
I don't exactly have anything to say about Callie's POV due to the lack of personality.
I like the premise of the book. There are parts that are truly frightening especially if you're irrationally afraid of all things paranormal, such as me. I had to play some background music on my laptop because the silence in my house is freaking me out while reading this book.
It's a fun YA horror story. It's just the type of book I enjoy looking back on but not exactly the act of reading the words itself on its pages.
A different spin of the Japanese legend popularized in horror classics such as "The Ring". Okiku is a murderous spirit bound for revenge. Only in the past few centuries does she change her approach to target people that kill children. In comes a strange tattooed boy that has a dark secret.
We follow three main POVs. Okiku, the murderous ghost. Tark, the tattooed boy- strange occurrences seem to always happen with him around. And Callie, Tark's cousin.
Tarquin - Tark, for short - emanates strong Jughead vibes in a "I'm weird. I'm a weirdo. Have you ever seen me without this stupid hat on?" way. Edgy teenager alert! Where sarcasm is plenty.
Okiku's POVs are cringy. I get the author is trying to display the state her mind is in by lots of broken sentences, seeing as she is a ghost or "lost spirit". It's experimental and I understand why it's written that way but it doesn't mean I have to like it. I might have enjoyed the style more if I was younger or if I haven't read a lot of books yet.
I don't exactly have anything to say about Callie's POV due to the lack of personality.
I like the premise of the book. There are parts that are truly frightening especially if you're irrationally afraid of all things paranormal, such as me. I had to play some background music on my laptop because the silence in my house is freaking me out while reading this book.
It's a fun YA horror story. It's just the type of book I enjoy looking back on but not exactly the act of reading the words itself on its pages.