After Me, the Great Flood

After Me, The Great Flood by Jayson Robert Ducharme does a good job portraying the descent into mental illness/depression. The reader can sympathize with the main character, as well as understand her mental decline. The book also sheds some light on dealing with addiction.

Ducharme does a good job with character development, specifically Ellis. Ellis is like-able, and interesting. The author does an excellent job showing relationships between characters, Lena and her mother, and Lena and Ellis.

For the first hundred pages not too much was happening and towards the end the plot was a bit everywhere for me. The well could be more of a focal point in the story considering it played a major role in the reason for the events. The ending of the book was interesting and I was eagerly waiting to read more about Lena's discovery in the well, ( I don't want to spoil that part) and would have liked to see more about the well in general (why it contains what is down there, etc)

Overall, an interesting read. I didn't dislike the book, I just wanted more horror elements and more story.