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A review by alexandrabree
Blackwater: The Complete Caskey Family Saga by Michael McDowell
3.0
I couldn't decide all the way through if this was a magnum opus or a long-winded short story.
I really was into the first book, and then got into the family drama and development, but there was just a little too much mystery, a little too much that was never quite explained, the pacing was very slow and I think if I had put thr book down I could easily have just walked away from it and never picked it up to finish at any point.
I think if this is your cup of tea, then it is probably a 10/10 stars but it was a 4/10 for me in the end, I don't quite regret reading it and spending so much time with it.
BUT I totally could have done with more everything, more gore, more explanations, more alligator people, more action, more drama (so much slow burn that just smoulders, and smoulders and smoulders)
I really was into the first book, and then got into the family drama and development, but there was just a little too much mystery, a little too much that was never quite explained, the pacing was very slow and I think if I had put thr book down I could easily have just walked away from it and never picked it up to finish at any point.
I think if this is your cup of tea, then it is probably a 10/10 stars but it was a 4/10 for me in the end, I don't quite regret reading it and spending so much time with it.
BUT I totally could have done with more everything, more gore, more explanations, more alligator people, more action, more drama (so much slow burn that just smoulders, and smoulders and smoulders)