”Pluie” clôt la saga de la famille Caskey en nouant les destins des personnages et expliquant en partie les mystères qui entoure ce matriarcat. Un volume final apaisé, sans grand suspens ni révélation fracassante, mais bien dans l’esprit de la série qui sait allier réalisme et fantastique sans que l’un prenne le pas sur l’autre. ( )

Fin de règne à Perdido. Toutes les richesses sont !

Ainsi se clôt cette saga familiale fantastico-gothique telle qu’elle était déjà annoncée dans le deuxième tome.

Une réussite sublime. Après un renversement au troisième tome, un petit coup de mou dans les 4 et 5 tomes… C’est sans surprise qu’Elinor tire sa révérence. Sublime !

Une saga dans laquelle, dès le premier tome, les femmes prennent le pouvoir au près de l'inquiétante rivière noire et nauséabonde

Une histoire de femmes et d'eau, d'eco-féminisme et de mère nature dans une narration gothico-fantastique fort bien dosée ( )

A fantastic, fitting, satisfying end to the saga of the Caskey family and, primarily the story of Elinor who we met pretty much in the first pages of the first book and prophesied this ending when her husband pushed the building of the levee.

Honestly, I've never read anything like this series, very much a Southern Gothic soap opera (that I would normally stay far, far away from, because [a:John Farris|85410|John Farris|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1316742112p2/85410.jpg]' more literary and [a:Charles Grant|4335724|Charles Grant|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]'s slow-burning horror where very little actually happened both made Southern Gothic rather dull and boring.

Not so with McDowell, because, while he was actually rather stingy with the supernatural aspects through most of this series, he actually brought it a bit more to the fore in this final volume. And the non-supernatural soap opera bits? Well, McDowell created such a wickedly diverse and interesting cast of characters that we then watched grow through the six volumes, that the interest never waned.

And this final volume did a great job of calling back to previous characters and events, and bringing the entire series damn near full circle.

I sincerely doubt I'll read anything like this again. It was fun, it was compelling, and it was wonderful from the very first page to the very last.

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The Blackwater Saga transcends genre conventions and is highly recommended. ( )

Wow!!! What a great ending to an incredible saga.
It left me in tears.
It was a long, wonderful journey of a great family history filled with the supernatura!, Murder, family feuds and love.
An unforgettable Southern Gothic series that I highly recommend.
Superbly written by Michael McDowell
The saga.of the Casket family is over and I will miss them.
One of the greatest series I have ever read. ( )