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elgoose's review against another edition
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
jbamlove's review against another edition
1.0
Apparently this book was 181 pages, but it felt punishingly longer. I'm still not sure what was going on....John Tracker's ancestors are mostly evil, and passed down their evilness genetically, resulting in a house of evil? Full of deadly traps, but for whom? They don't seem like very hospitable folk, so I guess the traps were for other family members? What was the point of any of this?
charshorrorcorner's review against another edition
4.0
"There are Things that do not love the sun. They weep and curse their own creation. Sometimes on earth a cruel shift takes place. Time splits. Corpses possessed at the moment of their death rise from tombs. The dark ages of history flow mindless from stagnant wells and lime-dripping cellars. The corpses, those creatures of possession, walk through ancient halls and rooms." So starts Jack Cady's The Well.
Extremely well written, this is an excellent haunted house story, but it's also much more than that. It's a tale spanning generations, sprinkled throughout with genius and madness alike.
"He thought he knew the look of greed, lust, envy; but he realized without question that he was now looking at the force that embodied them all. He was looking at absolute evil."
This edition from Valancourt Books features a touching Introduction from Tom Piccirilli, (who has since passed away.) In it, Tom speaks of the kindness Jack Cady showed him when he first started out, which is coincidental-because I recently read a piece by another author who said the very same things about Tom Piccirilli. Tom goes on further to talk about The Well and how it influenced him and his writing, and now having read the book, I can see why. I'm glad that I bought my very own copy, because I'm sure I'll be reading it again in the future.
Note to self: Check out more works written by Jack Cady, ASAP.
Extremely well written, this is an excellent haunted house story, but it's also much more than that. It's a tale spanning generations, sprinkled throughout with genius and madness alike.
"He thought he knew the look of greed, lust, envy; but he realized without question that he was now looking at the force that embodied them all. He was looking at absolute evil."
This edition from Valancourt Books features a touching Introduction from Tom Piccirilli, (who has since passed away.) In it, Tom speaks of the kindness Jack Cady showed him when he first started out, which is coincidental-because I recently read a piece by another author who said the very same things about Tom Piccirilli. Tom goes on further to talk about The Well and how it influenced him and his writing, and now having read the book, I can see why. I'm glad that I bought my very own copy, because I'm sure I'll be reading it again in the future.
Note to self: Check out more works written by Jack Cady, ASAP.
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