Name: The Well's End
ISBN: 9780399159909

Seth Fishman

"16-year-old Mia Kish and her friends search for answers when a mysterious illness brings their Colorado community to its knees"--

The Well's End

Malin Alexander

Alright so this was WILD from start to finish! 

Things I LOVED: 

1) A GREAT main female character, cool-headed, realistic 16 year old, that just doesn't happen everyday ya know. Written by a white American dude, and YET it was NOT a manic pixie dream girl or a Mary-Sue, she was REAL. With real flaws, and not just some random "oh hi I have a dark past and I drink/smoke a lot but that just makes me even more badass and hot. She was sometimes scared, at times when any 16 y.o would have been, she was sometimes selfish, at times when you know you'd have been too, she was sometimes slow to understand things and yet, those were all real flaws that never made her seem like a bad character. She was still fierce and lovable and full of strength and emotions, and that was amazing to read.

2) The plot. The story. I mean I just went and told my friends "GUYS this is a book about that chick whose dad works on a top secret project and then she's at school and suddenly the alarm rings and the military are surrounding them and there's a virus loose in there and she's gotta save the day!". And yes. That makes EVERYONE want to read this book.

3) The fact that it still somehow manages to stick to YA novels clichés (I LOVE THOSE SO MUCH): there's a new boy in school who somehow shows interest in HER, the girl isn't too popular yet somehow she become the leader of their little group, she's a poor kid in a school full of rich douchebags, and the best cliché of them all, it's her birthday and it MEANS somethings is happening!

4) The writing style. Great, flowing, easy, quick-paced. Not too many descriptions but just enough. Good dialogues, too!


Things I didn't like:

1) Kinda slow-paced in the middle, when the kids are running away. Not much is happening and it feels like lasts a little too long. Sometimes it feels like we're not discovering things fast enough, there's so many questions popping up during the entire book and you just think... is the ending gonna reveal it all at once? That's gotta be some wild chapter! 

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2) SPOILER alert: WHAT THE HELL WITH THE ENDING? Is this book supposed to be the first one of a trilogy or something? Because I couldn't find information about that anywhere!! And if it's not, and it's a stand-alone novel, the WHAT THE ABSOLUTE FU**?? How does that answer our questions? It better had a next installment. And it better arrive soon. Because damn I should never have started to read a book that literally just came out when it ends on a freakin' cliffhanger. I mean there's NO WAY this book doesn't have a next installment. That would just be the author making a huge joke there. RIGHT?? 

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I'm gonna go calm down and read something else now.

The Well's End

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