surprisingly excellent

A great tale. Performed beautifully. I enjoyed the characters, the international experiences and the pace of this book. I kept imagining how amazing it could be as a movie. I would not normally listen to horror, and I'm not sure this was horror but a gripping ghost story nonetheless.

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Great author

First time I have listened to this author and great story. The follow up story is great too. Definitely worth a listen

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Scary, yet brilliant!

So scary I didn't read it at night. And yes, I loved it, not because of the scaryness, but because its a fabulous story, we'll written, and we'll narrated.

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Disturbing, horrifying and absolutely brilliant

I have recently discovered Rin Chupeco and I am in love with her writing. This is one of the best stories I have listened to. The narrator is also fantastic. Give this book a listen. I highly recommend it. Thank you Rin for another wonderful story.

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if you like possession stories, this is a must!

this story grabbed me from start to finish and I loved it! the mix of bad and good spirits, Japanese traditions and exorcisms made for a fantastic story that I couldn't put down.

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Amazing

After all the films I've watched, most of which I'm afraid to say I didn't really think much of, this made sense, and I really enjoyed it from being to end. Thank you Audible, yet again.

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Highly Haunting Fable

4.5 stars
Just the perfect amount of creepy and haunted.
The audiobook was very well done, and I also really enjoyed the voice of the main protagonist. Definitely one I can see myself rereading for fun.
It was everything I could want from a story about the girl from the well.

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Great story

I like how it took stories like The Ring/Ringu and completely turned them into something so different yet strangely familiar. It shows a different side to a vengeful spirit and it is a welcome change.

As someone who loves Japanese culture, I enjoyed the different elements you don’t get within western literature.

There is nothing I dislike about this book, I would wholeheartedly recommend to anyone looking for a horror story.

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A good listen

Well worth a listen, not particularly spooky or scary, but a good story to listen to in the background while doing something else.

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Superb tale of revenge and redemption

I absolutely loved this book. Rin Chupeco is a very talented writer indeed, writing a book of wit and originality, respectful of the cultural origins of the tale, this story of Okiku is at times heartbreaking but yet uplifting. It is a horror novel but not exploitatively so, as so many are these days, seemingly competing for who can be the most shocking and gory. No, this one is a very sophisticated telling of Okiku's tale, with love, joy, pain, redemption, realisation, acceptance. All of that packed into a very classy novel.

A wonderful listen too, with perfect narration by Andi Arndt, who I had not come across before this book. Thoroughly enjoyable, and I definitely plan to listen to it again.

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