"Foster" Critique

I thought that this piece did a really good job of showing the reader what was going on. It set up the story really well in the beginning, and within a page I knew who this protagonist was and more-or-less what her conflict was.

The fallng into the well stuck with me. It is a really ominous idea, but I was really glad the story never took a very graphic turn. However, it seemed odd that the older couple would allow two children to fall into a well. Moreover, after learning of the young boy dying in the well, it is kind of surprising that such a young girl would go near it.

Other than that, I really enjoyed the imagery. The author was able to describe things that I would only be able to show visually to somebody else. For example, the watery light gives me a very specific, vivid image in my head. The amount of realism in this story was impressive, and I liked the arc all around.