A review by cursedaims
The Well by Catherine Chanter

5.0

This book will be one that will remain etched into my mind. Within adult fiction it's hard to find a story that stays in your mind with such permanence. I read this in January and still adore the story and recommend this book to anyone looking for something to chill your bones and linger in your thoughts. Themes of marriage, decay, religious cults, dystopia and murder make this book greatly intriguing and a real page turner. Dystopian England makes this book hit home in a realistic fear of drought with current climate change worries in environmentalist views of the damage it will one day cause. The modern day setting proves a more capturing interest in the world that The Well presents. Beautifully detailed writing creates a descriptive story that leaves your imagination whirring with the images that this pain filled story creates you to not only see but believe with complex characters with interesting backgrounds and Chanters ability to manipulate readers to feel strongly (and also wrongly) about the suspects of her grandsons murder by the well near their home. Perceptive story with great detail and originality.