Faces in the water - Ranjit Lal

It has such a promising plot. A family where girls are never born and a well that keeps them healthy. You can spot the connection. Anyways our protagonist Gurmi is sent to the ancestral house where the well is because his house is undergoing renovation. We are introduced to his immensely unlikable family and then later to his immensely likeable ghost/ parallel universe / spirit sisters who live down in the well. It goes reasonably well for a few chapters and then things turn simperingly holier than thou. The murderers are not taught their lesson, but helped by the eldest in the kitchen (this really rankled me) and the youngest with a series of ghostly hugs and kisses. I could readily believe girls living at the bottom of the well, but I couldn't believe that people who murder young babies by throwing them in a well would change in a few weeks. Plus the girls at the bottom of the well would be all light, love and kitchen help. It all ends well with enough sweetness to cause diabetes.
I know children have to be taught to be patient and good and not retaliate, but this book takes it to extremes.
4/10