Blackwater: The Complete Saga
Ratings55
Average rating3.9
super rápido de leer y me enganchó bastante, tengo ganas de leer el siguiente y ver cómo sigue la historia
OPINIÓN: Ha comenzado muy tranquilito. Acabo de leerme Fourth Wing que te atrapa desde un primer momento y el principio de este libro me ha costado PERO se ha puesto MUY intrigante. Un libro muy misterioso, me apetece ver como se desenreda todo. Y me ha encantado la profundida de las mujeres protagonistas del libro.
REFLEXIÓN: No sabía nada de este libro y menos del autor (Michael McDowell), y me ha sorprendido la visión que tiene este hombre sobre el poder silencioso de las mujeres. Creo que las cosas van cambiando y cada vez más, hay
hombres más conocedores de su mente y sus emociones. Aún así, me ha sorprendido el femenismo del libro y, que yo, en pleno 2024, este de acuerdo en gran parte con estas opiniones formadas en los 80s.
ABSTRACTO FAVORITO: “ Controlaban las asambleas legislativas, si, pero a la hora de la verdad no tenían ningún tipo de control sobre sí mismos. Los hombres no habían analizado bastantes sus propias mentes y por eso estaban a merced de pasiones pasajeras. Se dejaban llevar por celos mezquinos y por ruines deseos de venganza con más frecuencia que las mujeres. Como disfrutaban de aquel poder, tan enorme como superficial, los hombres no habían tenido que conocerse a sí mismos, mientras que las mujeres, en su adversidad y su servilismo superficial, se habían visto obligadas a comprender el funcionamiento de su cerebro y emociones.”
Vaya salseo se traen todos o sea estoy LIVING y la Mary Love?? Pfff que MARUJA SOS ES LA MEJOR
Bastante introductorio, pero es muy disfrutón. Con muchas ganas de leer el segundo
The main elements which made me curious about the Blackwater saga were mainly two: the incredible art style of the Italian publication, whose cover is so good that his creator is featured among the main comic convention here around; the suggestion made by Stephen Kings which says he loves this world and all the horror elements which composes it. When I was approaching the first book of this franchise I immediately felt thrilled, the same sensation you can try when you are going to a big event in your city, and the fact that the reduced dimensions of the new edition granted me to read it during my daily trips was that plus which increased the atmosphere of the moment. As soon as the story starts, we feel the flood happening because of the overflow of the Perdido River, and we make acquaintance with the mysterious Elinor Dammert...all the events evolve in Mary Shelley's like stuff. Because what I didn't know about Blackwater is that the gothic horror it purports to be is nothing else than a mix of lovecraftian weird events and family vicissitudes. In particular, the development of the Caskey's Family is built around the fight between two generations. The young one, polite and open-minded to news and people from outside the protagonist city and the old ones, ready to control others or accept facts only for their individual objectives. We enter an intricate web made of marriages, love affairs, threats and heritage problems, on the background of a racist town of the end of 19th Century. The entire representation of all the peculiar characteristics of that age are wonderful, granting the reader the curiosity around the intriguing destiny of every single figure, even the most secondary ones. As you can imagine reading these worlds, it seems really difficult to find, inside Blackwater, horror traits. Lots of the creepiest moments are linked with the true nature, shown at the very beginning of the book, of one of the center of the narrative, a powerful lady who doesn't display herself completely, while weaving her plans and killing around in the most brutal way. A villain which is incredible in premises, but then the scenes in which we really understand the potential of this danger are only a few.
We can't say that Blackwater is not engaging, mainly because of good stylistic choices and an organic system made by fantastic art features and atmospheric moments of great tension. Yet, all the qualities are engraved inside this “noblemen and houses” fiction, whose predominance sacrifices the space which would be granted to purest horror.
STYLE: 3,5
STORY: 3
WORLDBUILDING: 4
RHYTHM: 3,5
MAIN CHARACTERS: 3
VILLAINS: 4
ARTISTIC FEATURE: 5
ATMOSPHERE: 4
EMOTIONAL IMPACT: 3
FINAL VERDICT: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
This book is special. I intentionally put off finishing this book because I didn't want it to end. McDowell once said “I am a commercial writer and I'm proud of that. I am writing things to be put in the bookstore next month. I think it is a mistake to try to write for the ages.” It is safe to say that his writing has lasted for the ages even if it was never his intention.
Blackwater chronicles the lives of the Caskey family and those who are in their orbit. Our story begins with Elinor being found in one of the hotel rooms in the flooded town of Perdido, AL.
First published as a serialization you can see where the reader gets a little recap before diving back into the action of the family. Although very heavy on the interpersonal relationships between the family members there are moments where you can see how this story is classified as horror.