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Blackwater: The Complete Saga by Michael McDowell
5.0

I really loved it. This is such a wonderful, atmospheric story, with characters who are likeable even when they are doing some very bad things :P

I loved following the story of these people; it's epic, no doubt about it. There is horror, there is quite a lot of family drama, and there are petty petty behaviours but also acts of pure love. And what I enjoyed the most is that the main conflicts are between strong female characters. None of them is cartoonish or stereotypical, all of them are interesting, riveting to be honest.

And the narration! The narration is wonderful!

I hadn't read anything by McDowell before this, but now? I'll be hunting his books!