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The Suffering (The Girl from the Well, #2)
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An excellent conclusion to a creeptastic ghost story. Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with a free eArc of the book for an honest review. Also thank you to Kathryn Lynch associate publicist for Sourcebooks who invited me to join the spotlight tour. I will be putting this excerpt up on my blog http://bingereader19.wix.com/bingereader along with the rafflecopter to win a copy of The Suffering.
With that out of the way lets get into the review shall we. Book 1 'The Girl in the Well' I gave 5 stars to. I loved that it was such an awesome creepy Japanese-esque ghost story. The thrills were slow moving like fog rolling in. I loved that the POV was from a Japanese ghost. She being vengeful and terrifying yet loving and devoted to saving dead children reach the afterlife.
In this second book, the finale of this ghost duology, Okiku is still very much present, but Tark is now the main character. Tark is the teenage boy from the first book and although I did like him with his mysterious ways the first time reading about him, I did not like him at the beginning of the second story. I felt bored with all the teen drama and angst and high school party crap. The book didn't pick up until Tark and his cousin Callie go back to Japan for a yearly visit.
During this trip all the parts that I loved from the first book came out in full force. It was fast paced and unnerving. Lots of ghosts and death if you like that kind of thing. Which I happen to love so it's awesome.
I gave this sequel 4 stars because like I said before the beginning was a bit boring. Also the ending was not what I was hoping for. I am still satisfied with what the outcome was, but for some reason I thought it would end a bit differently.
Over all I would recommend this YA paranormal horror to all those that like movies like the Ring and that love ghost stories.
With that out of the way lets get into the review shall we. Book 1 'The Girl in the Well' I gave 5 stars to. I loved that it was such an awesome creepy Japanese-esque ghost story. The thrills were slow moving like fog rolling in. I loved that the POV was from a Japanese ghost. She being vengeful and terrifying yet loving and devoted to saving dead children reach the afterlife.
In this second book, the finale of this ghost duology, Okiku is still very much present, but Tark is now the main character. Tark is the teenage boy from the first book and although I did like him with his mysterious ways the first time reading about him, I did not like him at the beginning of the second story. I felt bored with all the teen drama and angst and high school party crap. The book didn't pick up until Tark and his cousin Callie go back to Japan for a yearly visit.
During this trip all the parts that I loved from the first book came out in full force. It was fast paced and unnerving. Lots of ghosts and death if you like that kind of thing. Which I happen to love so it's awesome.
I gave this sequel 4 stars because like I said before the beginning was a bit boring. Also the ending was not what I was hoping for. I am still satisfied with what the outcome was, but for some reason I thought it would end a bit differently.
Over all I would recommend this YA paranormal horror to all those that like movies like the Ring and that love ghost stories.
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Reading Progress
April 11, 2015
– Shelved as:
to-read
April 11, 2015
– Shelved
July 4, 2015
– Shelved as:
kindle-books
July 4, 2015
– Shelved as:
owned
September 5, 2015
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Started Reading
September 5, 2015
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6.0%
September 6, 2015
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17.0%
"I am not liking this book as much as the last one. Too much high school drama that I don't care about."
September 7, 2015
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30.0%
"Less school drama and more ghosts please. Hurry up and get to Japan so I don't have to hear about "she's not my girlfriend""
September 7, 2015
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39.0%
September 13, 2015
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46.0%
September 14, 2015
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77.0%
""I have seen Buddhist altars and offerings before, but never one like this. It mocks the meaning of worship, twisting it until it is nothing short of a personal perversion.""
September 15, 2015
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99.0%
""But flawed as we are, we are perfect together. After all, I'm no hero.""
September 15, 2015
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Finished Reading
