McDowell was one of those authors that I stumbled upon while searching deeply into reviews here on Audible.
Even with a favorite author, there are works we might not love as much as the one that put that author on our top shelf.
Hopefully, all of us are familiar with those great surprise novels that we stumble upon, work into slowly, then wish it would never end. If I could give this more than 5 stars, I would. Mostly I was happily drawn into the Caskey family and was sorry when it all came to an end. There are some somewhat gruesome descriptions but they are few. This one satisfies some part of that but not to a great extent. I am typically a fan of horror/creepy type novels. Each character is incredibly unique and I enjoyed getting to know them. I was never bored or felt like the story was tedious in any way. The story spans decades and sometimes years pass in chunks. But it isn’t a grueling day to day account. I just loved hearing the way he read James and Queenie in particular. I would happily purchase anything read by him as I believe he could make even the most intolerable writing sound amazing. Matt Godfrey has made my list of top 5 best narrators. This story encompasses so much I would completely fail at an adequate synopsis of any kind. This first-ever one-volume edition will allow a new generation of listeners to discover this modern horror classic.
Originally published as a series of six volumes in 1983, Blackwater is the crowning achievement of Michael McDowell, author of the Southern Gothic classics Cold Moon Over Babylon and The Elementals and screenwriter of Beetlejuice and The Nightmare Before Christmas. Some of those who observe her rituals in the river will never be seen again. Beneath the waters of the Perdido River, she turns into something terrifying, a creature whispered about in stories that have chilled the residents of Perdido for generations.
But her beautiful exterior hides a shocking secret. On the surface, Elinor is gracious, charming, anxious to belong in Perdido, and eager to marry Oscar Caskey, the eldest son of Perdido's first family. Blackwater is the saga of a small town, Perdido, Alabama, and Elinor Dammert, the stranger who arrives there under mysterious circumstances on Easter Sunday, 1919.
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