The Girl from the Well (The Girl from the Well #1)

I got this off of recommendation wanting some J-Horror in audiobook form, as that\’s one of my favorite types of horror movie, and someone online pointed me to this book. It\’s not what I expected in the sense it is J-Horror themed, but it\’s not really scary. It\’s from the perspective of the ghost, rather than the humans most of the time, and while scary things happen, knowing the ghost\’s motives and hearing their narrative, and what their reasoning for their actions is mitigates the fear really and all but eliminates it. It was still good though, but it is aimed at teens a bit more than adults really. The narrator I see a few people disliking, but I feel as though she did a good job for the character. The character is supposed to be indifferent and monotone, lacking emotion. The narrator did her justice, and the other characters who have emotions have emotion to their voices, so it seems to be done with intention, I liked the narrator due to giving all characters their own spin on a personality through voice. It\’s really an adventure story with horror elements, but it\’s cool to see the other side of the story, so I grabbed the sequel as well, hoping to continue the adventure.

books like these don\’t usually catch my fancy but I decided to give it a try. once I read the details and started listening, I found I couldn\’t put it down it keeps you guessing and I love how it\’s told from the ghost perspective rather than the humans perspective. personal opinion the narrator did an amazing job. definitely a keeper and I might track down a hard copy to read as well

I would have enjoyed this book more if I had read it myself. The narrator was good, but overall her voice was too calm, too soothing for a horror novel. I know this is partly because she was narrating through the eyes of a 300-year-old ghost who – I\’m sure – would typically be unbothered by most of what is going on in the living world. But it was just…. odd. And anti-climatic. Imagine getting to the exciting climax, and the narrator calmly says things like \”the roof caved in\” and \”she cries out as the demon approaches\”. IT\’S BIZZARE. Overall, the narrator was FAR too monotone for a book that was about demons, possessions, exorcisms, and murderers. But again, it\’s hard to blame the narrator when she\’s speaking as a phantom… but still.

The story is fine. Promising start but overall didnt do a lot to explain the why. Fine if you prefer an experience over a story. The narrator did a decent job but I feel like they could have gotten someone with an understanding of the Japanese language considering half of the story takes place in Japan.

Perfectly harmless horror themed audiobook with a superb voice actor. However, it does carry on way too long.

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