Blackwater: The Complete Saga

2.5 ⭐️

This book was so frustrating. The prose is very good and he just sweeps you off your feet into this early 20th century eccentric Alabama family. The horror elements of this book were so subtle you would miss most of it if you weren't paying attention. The books consists of 6 parts and each one includes a single graphic death scene, the rest is all storytelling setting an ominous tone. I really didn't enjoy any of the parts that meant but I wanted to figure out what the hell was going on so bad. I eventually just started skimming the last few hundred pages to get it over with. I can see why people may like this but definitely not worth reading almost 800 pages over. I was expecting a super horrific ending with all my questions answered it went out with a puny whimper.
There's also random supernatural elements to this which I don't understand. Is this a river monster book or a ghost book? Does the river monster have abilities to conjure ghosts? I DONT KNOW