• The Girl from the Well

  • By: Rin Chupeco
  • Narrated by: Andi Arndt
  • Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (2,800 ratings)

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The Girl from the Well

By: Rin Chupeco
Narrated by: Andi Arndt
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Publisher's summary

Okiku wants vengeance...and she gets it. Whenever there's a monster hurting a child - the same way she was hurt 300 years ago in Japan - her spirit is there to deliver punishment. But one American boy draws her like no other. The two are pulled into a world of eerie doll rituals and dark Shinto exorcisms that will take them from the American Midwest to the remote valleys and shrines of Aomori, Japan. The boy is not a monster, but something evil writhes beneath his skin, trapped by a series of intricate tattoos. Can Okiku protect him? Or is her presence only bringing more harm?

©2017 Rin Chupeco (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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Such A Good Book

I enjoyed this book very much, I can't wait to listen to the 2nd one! also going to check out more books from Rin

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Unexpectedly Pleasant

This story starts off very strong. The lyricism and flow caught me quite off guard. I do not know what I was expecting from this short listen but I think it’s very well written. I recommend this if you have a few hours of empty space to kill.

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Fantasticly Eerie

Absolutely loved this book. One of the very best ghost stories I've ever read. It's told from the ghost's perspective allowing the reader access to the spirits thoughts. The Japanese culture made it especially intriguing and enticing. Better still was the performance of the narrator. She gave me chills with the delivery of certain passages. Definitely plan on hunting down a (hopefully hardback) copy of this for my shelves.

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Great book if you like ghosts

Loved this book, told from the perspective of a ghost, so unique! If you like the paranormal you will like this book.

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Loved it:) Listened to it in one day.

Wonderful ghost story. I’m not very familiar with Japanese culture and really enjoyed this brief window into it. It made the story unexpectedly unique for me. It was well written, scary, and gruesome. Perfect Halloween story!

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Good book

I enjoyed this book and think Andi did a great job as the narrator. I plan to read the next book in this series.

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Great story - understatement!

This was a story I downloaded with no knowledge of what it would be like and I was not disappointed in the least. The story held me, the characters were good and the story line kept me wanting more. Take a listen!

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lovely incredibly written and entertaining very

loved it incredible lyrics written very intertwining and almost educational in the story of Japanese culture

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Amazing

Amazing everything, the whole book is written and read so well, this is a very very very great book

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Great Story

It began as a horror story but eventually turned into something else. More like a coming of age story…

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