****I received an E-Arc version of both books 1 and 2 from netgalley.com in exchange for an honest review. ****
Title: The Girl From the Well
Author: Rin Chupeco
Release Date: August 4, 2014
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Description:
You may think me biased, being murdered myself. But my state of being has nothing to do with the curiosity toward my own species, if we can be called such. We do not go gentle, as your poet encourages, into that good night.
A dead girl walks the streets.
She hunts murderers. Child killers, much like the man who threw her body down a well three hundred years ago.
And when a strange boy bearing stranger tattoos moves into the neighborhood so, she discovers, does something else. And soon both will be drawn into the world of eerie doll rituals and dark Shinto exorcisms that will take them from American suburbia to the remote valleys and shrines of Aomori, Japan.
Because the boy has a terrifying secret - one that would just kill to get out.
The Girl from the Well is A YA Horror novel pitched as "Dexter" meets "The Grudge", based on a well-loved Japanese ghost story.
A dead girl walks the streets.
She hunts murderers. Child killers, much like the man who threw her body down a well three hundred years ago.
And when a strange boy bearing stranger tattoos moves into the neighborhood so, she discovers, does something else. And soon both will be drawn into the world of eerie doll rituals and dark Shinto exorcisms that will take them from American suburbia to the remote valleys and shrines of Aomori, Japan.
Because the boy has a terrifying secret - one that would just kill to get out.
The Girl from the Well is A YA Horror novel pitched as "Dexter" meets "The Grudge", based on a well-loved Japanese ghost story.
My Review:
Wow. If you are looking for something to read as the fall chill finally appears and with Halloween just around the corner than pick up with duology.
I would recommend this for fans of creepy Japanese ghost movies like The Ring . I actually think I remember reading that it was based on the same legend in Japan.
The book is absolutely creepy and almost horrifying. There is a lot of gore involved. If you are used to reading thrillers I would say this isn't that either. It is straight up horror but I really liked it. In fact it made me what to dig deeper into the genre as I had not previously read anything like it.
I will say that the author's writing style might not be right for everyone. A lot of people have to have poetic or lyrical writing styles for them to enjoy the book. You will not find that there. Her writing is disjointed and edgy but I definitely think it adds to the feeling of the story. It is something I didn't expect when picking up the novel but got used to quickly and very much enjoyed.
I will also say that the author is similar to G.R.R.M. no one is off limits. If you can't deal with a character you like dying this might not be a good pick for you.
Creepy, chilling, edgy, disjointed, and enthralling I would definitely suggest you pick this up; but maybe consider sleeping with a night light after reading it.
My Star Rating:
4 out of 5
Title: The Suffering
Author: Rin Chupeco
Release Date: September 1, 2015September 1, 2015
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Description:
Breathtaking and haunting, Rin Chupeco’s second novel is a chilling companion to her debut, The Girl from the Well.
The darkness will find you.
Seventeen-year-old Tark knows what it is to be powerless. But Okiku changed that. A restless spirit who ended life as a victim and started death as an avenger, she’s groomed Tark to destroy the wicked. But when darkness pulls them deep into Aokigahara, known as Japan’s suicide forest, Okiku’s justice becomes blurred, and Tark is the one who will pay the price…
My Review:
If you read the first review in this section and decided to pick it up and then came back here to see if I thought the second was as chilling and spectacular as the first and are now reading this, the answer is a resounding yes.
Shrouded in mystery and blood and gore this book just keeps going from where the first book left off but introducing another prominent Japanese horror story, the suicide forest. I had actually read a bit about the suicide forest in a different ghost story.
I didn't love the perspective as much as the first one but I think it was because it had a bit more teen angst than before but overall I thought that this is exactly how the story should have gone.
If you like the Anna Dressed in Blood dualogy and enjoy ghosts that are both ghastly and feeling than I don't know what has taken you so long to pick up this story.
Again, not for everyone's taste in terms of the style in which the author writes the book but definitely adds to the haunting and imaginative tale.
Shrouded in mystery and blood and gore this book just keeps going from where the first book left off but introducing another prominent Japanese horror story, the suicide forest. I had actually read a bit about the suicide forest in a different ghost story.
I didn't love the perspective as much as the first one but I think it was because it had a bit more teen angst than before but overall I thought that this is exactly how the story should have gone.
If you like the Anna Dressed in Blood dualogy and enjoy ghosts that are both ghastly and feeling than I don't know what has taken you so long to pick up this story.
Again, not for everyone's taste in terms of the style in which the author writes the book but definitely adds to the haunting and imaginative tale.
My Star Rating:
4 out of 5 stars
4 out of 5 stars
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