Review of The Demon of the Well

[Faith - Benny Any]

[Following is a volunteer review of "The Demon of the Well" by James B. Hendricks.]

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4 out of 4 stars

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Have you ever wished to read an ancient story? One that you would find intriguing is The Demon of the Well, written by James B. Hendricks. Its storyline talks about the fate and survival of a particular nation. Many years ago, in 1979, an old man possessed supreme power. Described in the book as the Trader, he told a group of young boys in his community the reasons why their nation had been backward. However, before the story he told them, he initially said that he knew nothing about it, which made them more suspicious of him until he opened up. The only thing that would bring sanity and economic growth back to their nation was the discovery of the Chalice, better described in the book as the Cup of Knowledge. Anyone who gets it will automatically have the power to set their country free. The journey to get the cup was filled with hurdles, yet victory was achieved in the end. A few years after, the author saw the picture of this man in a thoughtful position in a notable magazine and became inspired to put this story into writing to prevent it from fading away in years to come. 

The writing of the story in verse made it more clear and concise. I feel that if it was written in historical terms, it would have made the write-up ambiguous because it's an ancient story. Hence, I commend the writer for the writing style that he chose. I also learned from this book that it is one thing to be inspired to do something, and it's another thing to commence the process without being discouraged by circumstances. The way this book was put together shows that the author was determined to share the story, considering that he even went as far as traveling to those places to get the relevant information that would make the write-up a well-detailed one. I applaud him for that. 

I also learned from this book that when one desires to be an author or write a book, starting should be the first thing to do, even when you feel that you're lacking ideas to start because the inspiration that would give you ideas will always come; It wasn't easy for the author to compile this detailed ancient book. However, inspiration came along the way, which gave him enough ideas to come up with this write-up. Thinking about an idea without starting it means we're limiting ourselves, which gives us the feeling that we may not be able to pull through. 

There was no aspect of this book that I disliked. The writer's writing style was great. There were amazing lessons that I learned from it. It was also professionally edited because I encountered only a minor error. For all these reasons, I gave it a rating of four out of four stars.

I, therefore, recommend it to lovers of ancient stories and people desiring to write a book because this book's content will appeal to them. 

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[Joyce Nwaogazie]

As an avid reader of ancient stories, I'll find this book to be fascinating, I'll love to know deeper about the fate and survival of the nation talked about in this book, great review.

[Faith - Benny Any]

As an avid reader of ancient stories, I'll find this book to be fascinating, I'll love to know deeper about the fate and survival of the nation talked about in this book, great review.

Okay, the nation was later liberated from their setbacks. Thanks so much for engaging.