The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco; A Review
The Girl From The Well Written by Rin Chupeco Review by Emily Shunk The Girl from the Well tells the story of a lonely spirit, Okiku, who seeks vengeance upon the killers of innocent children. After roaming the earth for a thousand years, she finally takes interest in a young teen named Tarquin. With a mentally unstable mother and skin covered in strange tattoos, he's constantly moving around without a place to call home. Tarquin's life is plagued with strange occurrences, from the mass suicides of crows; to the apparition of a strange woman in a black dress and a mask. Upon his mother's strange death, he travels to Japan to investigate her life, most of which was a mystery to him. He discovers things about his mother, and about his new guardian spirit Okiku, as well as what the tattoos circling his wrists and chest really mean and what danger they conceal. Without much choice, he must suddenly save everything his mother was trying to protect. The Gi...