Decidedly, there is no boredom with the Caskeys, who, after having quietly gone through the Roaring Twenties, must face the Great Depression… as well as the loss of loved ones that the reader loves to hate. Fortunately, the traditions are not lost as the daughters of the placid Elinor grow up: “The rivalry between the two sisters was representative of the incredible animosity that nourished one towards the other Elinor and Mary Love. Without dropping bloody horror, whether fantastic (the river creature remains as ruthless as it is greedy) or realistic (not all women are immune to domestic violence), Michael McDowell increasingly focuses the action around Frances, more vulnerable than the pedantic Miriam, her older sister raised by their grandmother. In this way, the saga Blackwater takes up a Gothic dimension that Henry James would not have denied (The turn of the nut). What if ghosts were more to be feared than monsters? To be continued…
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