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Calliope. La voz de las llamas
Una novela gótica sureña, escrita por Michael McDowell, el maestro indiscutible del gótico sureño autor de la saga Blackwater.
Una novela gótica sureña donde el asesinato brutal de un padre de familia en el Alabama de los años 50 desencadena un relato de secretos familiares, herencias sobrenaturales y casas encantadas, escrita por Michael McDowell, el maestro indiscutible de gótico sureño, autor de la saga Blackwater.
Calliope "Calley" Dakin tiene siete años y es el ojito derecho de su padre. Pero su mundo infantil se desmorona cuando, durante un viaje al bullicioso Nueva Orleans, su adorado padre es secuestrado, asesinado y descuartizado por dos mujeres sin ningún motivo aparente. Después de esto Calley y su madre se ven atrapadas en una serie de extraños sucesos que las llevan a Pensacola, donde, en una casa que resulta ser idéntica a la de su difunta bisabuela, una enigmática mujer aguarda su llegada.
Allí Calley descubrirá que puede oír voces que no son de este mundo y que este don es un arma que alguien quiere utilizar. Alguien que cometió un grave error al ordenar el asesinato de su padre, sin saber que el vínculo que los unía no podía ser destruido con la muerte.
Una novela gótica sureña donde el asesinato brutal de un padre de familia en el Alabama de los años 50 desencadena un relato de secretos familiares, herencias sobrenaturales y casas encantadas, escrita por Michael McDowell, el maestro indiscutible de gótico sureño, autor de la saga Blackwater.
Calliope "Calley" Dakin tiene siete años y es el ojito derecho de su padre. Pero su mundo infantil se desmorona cuando, durante un viaje al bullicioso Nueva Orleans, su adorado padre es secuestrado, asesinado y descuartizado por dos mujeres sin ningún motivo aparente. Después de esto Calley y su madre se ven atrapadas en una serie de extraños sucesos que las llevan a Pensacola, donde, en una casa que resulta ser idéntica a la de su difunta bisabuela, una enigmática mujer aguarda su llegada.
Allí Calley descubrirá que puede oír voces que no son de este mundo y que este don es un arma que alguien quiere utilizar. Alguien que cometió un grave error al ordenar el asesinato de su padre, sin saber que el vínculo que los unía no podía ser destruido con la muerte.
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First published May 1, 2006
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Tabitha King
33 books642 followersTabitha King is an American author. She is married to author Stephen King and is the mother of Joe Hill, Owen King, and Naomi King.
King was born Tabitha Jane-Frances Spruce in Old Town, Maine to Raymond George and Sarah Jane White Spruce and is one of eight children. Her primary education took place at St. Mary’s Grammar in Old Town, from which she graduated in 1963. She then attended John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor until 1967, and earned her Bachelor’s degree in history in 1971 from the University of Maine in Orono.
King was born Tabitha Jane-Frances Spruce in Old Town, Maine to Raymond George and Sarah Jane White Spruce and is one of eight children. Her primary education took place at St. Mary’s Grammar in Old Town, from which she graduated in 1963. She then attended John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor until 1967, and earned her Bachelor’s degree in history in 1971 from the University of Maine in Orono.
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March 2, 2017
Okay this was a struggle to be honest. I loved the work of Michael McDowell - his Blackwater series I think is amazing but this book - only partly completed at his death does not do him justice.
Basically the book was only half completed at his death and was then later picked up by Tabitha King and completed. Now I am not one to give too much credence to other reviewers, I read after all for my own benefit but the comments about this book I totally agree. It is 200 pages too long. It has some amazing ideas but then are never really followed up or expanded upon.
And that for me is such a shame, not only for the opportunities lost (since there are so few books by Mr McDowell) but also that this would be seen as his last book - although I see here on GR then do not even credit him.
So what of the story well I guess read other people reviews as to be honest you can read far better, any of Michael McDowell's books is worth reading from the standalone Elementals to like I mentioned before the Blackwater series.
Michael McDowell was the master of characterisation, where he could create such a believable character and then want you to follow them through their trials and tribulations through the story. Here you just want things to move along and actually get somewhere.
Now I never really like criticising a book and rarely do I rip in to one so don't think I am holding back I just feel that knowing what these authors are capable of just makes it such a shame it failed here.
Basically the book was only half completed at his death and was then later picked up by Tabitha King and completed. Now I am not one to give too much credence to other reviewers, I read after all for my own benefit but the comments about this book I totally agree. It is 200 pages too long. It has some amazing ideas but then are never really followed up or expanded upon.
And that for me is such a shame, not only for the opportunities lost (since there are so few books by Mr McDowell) but also that this would be seen as his last book - although I see here on GR then do not even credit him.
So what of the story well I guess read other people reviews as to be honest you can read far better, any of Michael McDowell's books is worth reading from the standalone Elementals to like I mentioned before the Blackwater series.
Michael McDowell was the master of characterisation, where he could create such a believable character and then want you to follow them through their trials and tribulations through the story. Here you just want things to move along and actually get somewhere.
Now I never really like criticising a book and rarely do I rip in to one so don't think I am holding back I just feel that knowing what these authors are capable of just makes it such a shame it failed here.
April 24, 2023
2.5 stars.
I have been LOVING all of the books written by Michael McDowell lately. This one was unfinished at his death, and completed by Tabitha King. While I was immediately drawn into the story, it began to get overly descriptive about one third of the way in. Yes, there were some genuinely good ideas in here, unfortunately, (at over 400 pages), I ended up feeling like the story could have EASILY been cut by at least 200 pages, and managed to keep my interest better. This one is very difficult for me to rate, because it's not that I felt the writing was "bad" at any point, just "rambling". By the time I had gotten to the end, there were no "surprise" revelations, and the ending itself was nothing like the other McDowell novels I had read (for obvious reasons).
A decent read, just entirely too long for the story that was being told, and an ending that really didn't seem to "fit" in with the beginning initiative.
I have been LOVING all of the books written by Michael McDowell lately. This one was unfinished at his death, and completed by Tabitha King. While I was immediately drawn into the story, it began to get overly descriptive about one third of the way in. Yes, there were some genuinely good ideas in here, unfortunately, (at over 400 pages), I ended up feeling like the story could have EASILY been cut by at least 200 pages, and managed to keep my interest better. This one is very difficult for me to rate, because it's not that I felt the writing was "bad" at any point, just "rambling". By the time I had gotten to the end, there were no "surprise" revelations, and the ending itself was nothing like the other McDowell novels I had read (for obvious reasons).
A decent read, just entirely too long for the story that was being told, and an ending that really didn't seem to "fit" in with the beginning initiative.
October 1, 2025
Si buscas aburrido en google, sale este libro.
quizás no era mi mejor momento lector para leerlo pero me ha a defraudo mucho. Mira que me cuesta abandonar libros.
No me he sentido conectado a la historia y me ha parecido un batiburrillo de capítulos de relleno entorno a un suceso macabro. Muchas vueltas para no contar nada.
Este no es el Mcdowell de Blackwater. Ni siquiera un poquito.
quizás no era mi mejor momento lector para leerlo pero me ha a defraudo mucho. Mira que me cuesta abandonar libros.
No me he sentido conectado a la historia y me ha parecido un batiburrillo de capítulos de relleno entorno a un suceso macabro. Muchas vueltas para no contar nada.
Este no es el Mcdowell de Blackwater. Ni siquiera un poquito.
July 21, 2015
This review refers to the audiobook version.
4.5 for McDowell's portion/2 for King's portion -- somehow this works out to somewhere between a 2 to 2.5, whatever, don't read it
Okay, it can't be the easiest thing in the world to pick up an unfinished novel and finish it, but I deeply wonder why someone would want to? How can this possibly turn out well? I think this is the first book I have read (listened to) of this kind, so I really don't know if other endeavors of this type turned out well, but the current example sure didn't.
What I feared was what happened: the set-up, characterization, and voice that began the novel did not finish it and the disconnect was horribly disappointing. This would be problematic in any case, here, it was almost crushing. There are two major reasons for this. The first is that McDowell has a distinctive voice. One of the largest strengths in the McDowell novels I have read, the Blackwater series, The Elementals , Cold Moon over Babylon , is characterization and dialogue. It seemed implausible to suggest another author would capture this, especially a Northerner, and she didn't. King was crafty enough to limit dialogue, and insert Yankees into any conversations as quickly as possible, but it just wasn't the same. I find it hard to fault her as not being as good as McDowell until I remember that no one put a gun to her head, that I am aware of, and forced her to write this book. She took it upon herself to try and reach a high bar and she failed. This does not mean that the characters, writing, or dialogue was poor, it just wasn't good enough.
The real tragedy of this book, and the reason I warn everyone to stay away, is that McDowell sets up an unbelievably interesting mystery: and King doesn't deliver with her resolution. Whether or not she knew what McDowell intended or just made it all up herself becomes irrelevant as her presentation is rushed and unsatisfying -- we spend hours and hours and hours building up the gifts and specialness of our heroine and contending with dropped hints about her father and family only to have all the secrets revealed in about 30 minutes and an epilogue. (Epilogue! Aren't epilogues supposed to be additions to the story, not a necessary part of a novel?)
Even though I gave the book overall a 3, I can't recommend it. Fans of McDowell will get nostalgic and sad and others shouldn't find anything particularly remarkable here. However, the narrator, Carrington McDuffie was superb and I look forward to hearing her in the future.
However, what was painful here was what King did with the story
Whether all Northerners would have this problem, I do not know, but I know King is unable to copy it.
4.5 for McDowell's portion/2 for King's portion -- somehow this works out to somewhere between a 2 to 2.5, whatever, don't read it
Okay, it can't be the easiest thing in the world to pick up an unfinished novel and finish it, but I deeply wonder why someone would want to? How can this possibly turn out well? I think this is the first book I have read (listened to) of this kind, so I really don't know if other endeavors of this type turned out well, but the current example sure didn't.
What I feared was what happened: the set-up, characterization, and voice that began the novel did not finish it and the disconnect was horribly disappointing. This would be problematic in any case, here, it was almost crushing. There are two major reasons for this. The first is that McDowell has a distinctive voice. One of the largest strengths in the McDowell novels I have read, the Blackwater series, The Elementals , Cold Moon over Babylon , is characterization and dialogue. It seemed implausible to suggest another author would capture this, especially a Northerner, and she didn't. King was crafty enough to limit dialogue, and insert Yankees into any conversations as quickly as possible, but it just wasn't the same. I find it hard to fault her as not being as good as McDowell until I remember that no one put a gun to her head, that I am aware of, and forced her to write this book. She took it upon herself to try and reach a high bar and she failed. This does not mean that the characters, writing, or dialogue was poor, it just wasn't good enough.
The real tragedy of this book, and the reason I warn everyone to stay away, is that McDowell sets up an unbelievably interesting mystery: and King doesn't deliver with her resolution. Whether or not she knew what McDowell intended or just made it all up herself becomes irrelevant as her presentation is rushed and unsatisfying -- we spend hours and hours and hours building up the gifts and specialness of our heroine and contending with dropped hints about her father and family only to have all the secrets revealed in about 30 minutes and an epilogue. (Epilogue! Aren't epilogues supposed to be additions to the story, not a necessary part of a novel?)
Even though I gave the book overall a 3, I can't recommend it. Fans of McDowell will get nostalgic and sad and others shouldn't find anything particularly remarkable here. However, the narrator, Carrington McDuffie was superb and I look forward to hearing her in the future.
However, what was painful here was what King did with the story
Whether all Northerners would have this problem, I do not know, but I know King is unable to copy it.
March 16, 2023
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Calliope "Calley" saw and heard way too much for such a young soul. At the age of only eight, her wealthy father was tortured and murdered, and none of the adults in her life cared to protect her from the harrowing details. For that fact, none of the adults in her life acted as though they much cared whether Calley lived or died herself, and she became accustomed for scrabbling for her survival from between her spoiled mother's own feet. Calley spent her entire young life responding to her father's death, but this was also the event that ended up defining her most deeply as she discovered she was uniquely talented in a way that haunted what was left of her family.
Many readers said that this book disappointed them because it is so different from Michael McDowell's other books. I've never read his work, so I had nothing to compare this to. I've also never read anything by Tabitha King, and have always wanted to. I thought this was a good book, and I can't detect a division in creative contribution. From my perspective, this was a successful collaboration in creating a very dark, southern gothic style novel, with areas that left me a little breathless with the creativity of the violence, various characters' depravity (in fact, most of them), and on the other hand, how much I could relate to others of the characters, like Calley's brother, Ford. Consider this my trigger warning for child abuse and neglect, violence against children.
I won't lie, the plot in this book is convoluted, and the climax too drawn out. Same for the denouement, it's bogged down. Too much information is presented in the last five percent of the narrative. I would have rather liked to see most of this information parsed out over the length of the narrative. There was certainly opportunity; this is a long book.
Even so, I enjoyed the read and was engaged with the story and the main character, Calley.
Rating: 🚗🚗🚗.5 / 5 New Fords
Recommend? Yes!
Finished: March 15 2023
Read this if you like:
🔪 Murder mysteries
🪦 Gothic stories
👩👧👦 Family drama
👻 Ghost stories
🔮 Clairvoyance
Calliope "Calley" saw and heard way too much for such a young soul. At the age of only eight, her wealthy father was tortured and murdered, and none of the adults in her life cared to protect her from the harrowing details. For that fact, none of the adults in her life acted as though they much cared whether Calley lived or died herself, and she became accustomed for scrabbling for her survival from between her spoiled mother's own feet. Calley spent her entire young life responding to her father's death, but this was also the event that ended up defining her most deeply as she discovered she was uniquely talented in a way that haunted what was left of her family.
Many readers said that this book disappointed them because it is so different from Michael McDowell's other books. I've never read his work, so I had nothing to compare this to. I've also never read anything by Tabitha King, and have always wanted to. I thought this was a good book, and I can't detect a division in creative contribution. From my perspective, this was a successful collaboration in creating a very dark, southern gothic style novel, with areas that left me a little breathless with the creativity of the violence, various characters' depravity (in fact, most of them), and on the other hand, how much I could relate to others of the characters, like Calley's brother, Ford. Consider this my trigger warning for child abuse and neglect, violence against children.
I won't lie, the plot in this book is convoluted, and the climax too drawn out. Same for the denouement, it's bogged down. Too much information is presented in the last five percent of the narrative. I would have rather liked to see most of this information parsed out over the length of the narrative. There was certainly opportunity; this is a long book.
Even so, I enjoyed the read and was engaged with the story and the main character, Calley.
Rating: 🚗🚗🚗.5 / 5 New Fords
Recommend? Yes!
Finished: March 15 2023
Read this if you like:
🔪 Murder mysteries
🪦 Gothic stories
👩👧👦 Family drama
👻 Ghost stories
🔮 Clairvoyance
July 17, 2022
Story 4/5
Narration 5/5
This book is the story of Calley, a talented young girl.
This tale is about her life after her father passing, and how she tried to solve the mystery surrounding his death.
The characters development is very good, the plot is interesting even if it’s not what I was expected.
I thought i was going to read a supernatural thriller set in the southern United States, in the late 50s and early 60s. There are supernatural elements to this story, but less than I was expecting . The story centers on Calley’s childhood, her relationship with her mother, and the people she met when her life changed drastically.
At the end everything is explained. It’s a good story, well written, but I wish it was shorter.
Highly recommend, if you like mysteries and historical stories.
Narration 5/5
This book is the story of Calley, a talented young girl.
This tale is about her life after her father passing, and how she tried to solve the mystery surrounding his death.
The characters development is very good, the plot is interesting even if it’s not what I was expected.
I thought i was going to read a supernatural thriller set in the southern United States, in the late 50s and early 60s. There are supernatural elements to this story, but less than I was expecting . The story centers on Calley’s childhood, her relationship with her mother, and the people she met when her life changed drastically.
At the end everything is explained. It’s a good story, well written, but I wish it was shorter.
Highly recommend, if you like mysteries and historical stories.
September 4, 2024
The Elementals by Michael McDowell is one of the best books I've ever read, just the best mix of 'ha-ha' funny and 'holy shit' creepy. Candles Burning was a manuscript McDowell never got to finish because he passed away, and Tabitha King picked it up and finished it, so I don't know who to blame for this book. I liked it, but holy moly this needed to have 250 pages shaved off.
Candles Burning follows Calliope "Calley" Dakin after her daddy is kidnapped, tortured, and murdered by two women. She ends up dealing with the aftermath of his gruesome passing and is stuck with her (90% narcissist and 10% insane) money-hungry mother. Everyone is pointing their fingers at the mother, trying to push the blame for the murder on her, so they escape town with no money only to end up in her mom's childhood home... the one that burnt off because the mother had some candles burning.
The whole kidnapping/murder situation is summarized for us on the first page and the 230 pages that follow are just a narration about the kidnapping/murder and its aftermath. It is only around the 45% mark of the book that Calley and her stupid mother (she's so unlikeable ffs) leave town.
The moment we get into this mysterious house is very ominous. Two women, car's not working, the middle of the night, and they happen to get into the mother's childhood home, one that burnt and should not exist, and it's occupied by a group of women. It was just sinister and PROMISING. But it was a letdown.
The 200 pages that followed were just rambling, family drama, rambling, family drama. Nothing creepy until the very end, which was pretty cool, but still sort of like... "that's it? after all this bla bla bla?"
It was feminist and LGBTQIA+ which I always appreciate, and I do love that I got to read this considering it would have not been published, but it was just too ramble-y and it dragged like crazy. I just don't understand why we needed 230 pages about the murder and 200 pages that were, virtually speaking, all drama about the mother (she's so stupid honestly).
Like, I'm being harsh, but I enjoyed it a lot. I loved the writing and how funny it was. But this had a lot of potential and I was SO intrigued about the house, and NOTHING came out of that except the silly ending (not that the ending was silly but it was just lots of hours put into the book for what I got).
Candles Burning follows Calliope "Calley" Dakin after her daddy is kidnapped, tortured, and murdered by two women. She ends up dealing with the aftermath of his gruesome passing and is stuck with her (90% narcissist and 10% insane) money-hungry mother. Everyone is pointing their fingers at the mother, trying to push the blame for the murder on her, so they escape town with no money only to end up in her mom's childhood home... the one that burnt off because the mother had some candles burning.
The whole kidnapping/murder situation is summarized for us on the first page and the 230 pages that follow are just a narration about the kidnapping/murder and its aftermath. It is only around the 45% mark of the book that Calley and her stupid mother (she's so unlikeable ffs) leave town.
The moment we get into this mysterious house is very ominous. Two women, car's not working, the middle of the night, and they happen to get into the mother's childhood home, one that burnt and should not exist, and it's occupied by a group of women. It was just sinister and PROMISING. But it was a letdown.
The 200 pages that followed were just rambling, family drama, rambling, family drama. Nothing creepy until the very end, which was pretty cool, but still sort of like... "that's it? after all this bla bla bla?"
It was feminist and LGBTQIA+ which I always appreciate, and I do love that I got to read this considering it would have not been published, but it was just too ramble-y and it dragged like crazy. I just don't understand why we needed 230 pages about the murder and 200 pages that were, virtually speaking, all drama about the mother (she's so stupid honestly).
Like, I'm being harsh, but I enjoyed it a lot. I loved the writing and how funny it was. But this had a lot of potential and I was SO intrigued about the house, and NOTHING came out of that except the silly ending (not that the ending was silly but it was just lots of hours put into the book for what I got).
November 10, 2025
Prometía gótico sureño, fantasmas, secretos familiares y esa oscuridad húmeda que tanto caracteriza a McDowell. Lo que encontré fue un libro sin rumbo, sin alma y, sobre todo, sin vida. Calliope es igual de emocionante que ver secarse la pintura. No os podéis hacer una idea de lo aburrido que es este libro.
Desde el principio se nota que algo no encaja. Todo parece estar a punto de comenzar, como si la historia se estuviera preparando para algo importante… pero ese momento nunca llega. Página tras página, la sensación es la misma: estar leyendo una introducción eterna. Hay movimiento, sí, pero ningún avance real, ninguna dirección.
La trama se diluye entre escenas que no llevan a nada y conversaciones que no aportan. Lo que debería ser un relato gótico cargado de atmósfera se queda en un borrador sin nervio, sin peso, sin tensión latente. Aquí todo es plano, apagado, carente de propósito.
Las subtramas aparecen y desaparecen sin coherencia, como ideas lanzadas al aire que nadie se tomó el tiempo de desarrollar. Y lo desconcertante, que podría ser un punto fuerte si viniera acompañado de personajes sólidos, aquí solo refuerza el caos. Ni siquiera Callie, la protagonista, logra sostener la historia. Después de más de cuatrocientas páginas con ella, sigo sin saber quién es, qué busca o qué siente. Es un personaje vacío, mal definido, sin evolución ni carisma.
Y cuando por fin llega el desenlace, lo hace de golpe. Después de tanta indecisión, el libro se precipita en unas páginas finales donde se intenta resolver todo a la vez. El resultado es confuso, apresurado y sin emoción. Lo que podría haber sido un cierre intenso se convierte en un resumen borroso y sin fuerza.
En conjunto, Calliope es una lectura desorientada, hueca y sin intención. Se nota la ausencia de una voz clara, de una dirección narrativa. Lo poco que recuerda al estilo de McDowell se pierde enseguida, absorbido por la falta de cohesión y de atmósfera. Es un libro que no sabe quién es ni qué quiere contar.
Terminé Calliope porque lo estaba leyendo con mi amiga Rocío , y comentarlo con ella fue, sin duda, lo mejor de toda esta experiencia lectora. ⭐️ (1,5/5)
Desde el principio se nota que algo no encaja. Todo parece estar a punto de comenzar, como si la historia se estuviera preparando para algo importante… pero ese momento nunca llega. Página tras página, la sensación es la misma: estar leyendo una introducción eterna. Hay movimiento, sí, pero ningún avance real, ninguna dirección.
La trama se diluye entre escenas que no llevan a nada y conversaciones que no aportan. Lo que debería ser un relato gótico cargado de atmósfera se queda en un borrador sin nervio, sin peso, sin tensión latente. Aquí todo es plano, apagado, carente de propósito.
Las subtramas aparecen y desaparecen sin coherencia, como ideas lanzadas al aire que nadie se tomó el tiempo de desarrollar. Y lo desconcertante, que podría ser un punto fuerte si viniera acompañado de personajes sólidos, aquí solo refuerza el caos. Ni siquiera Callie, la protagonista, logra sostener la historia. Después de más de cuatrocientas páginas con ella, sigo sin saber quién es, qué busca o qué siente. Es un personaje vacío, mal definido, sin evolución ni carisma.
Y cuando por fin llega el desenlace, lo hace de golpe. Después de tanta indecisión, el libro se precipita en unas páginas finales donde se intenta resolver todo a la vez. El resultado es confuso, apresurado y sin emoción. Lo que podría haber sido un cierre intenso se convierte en un resumen borroso y sin fuerza.
En conjunto, Calliope es una lectura desorientada, hueca y sin intención. Se nota la ausencia de una voz clara, de una dirección narrativa. Lo poco que recuerda al estilo de McDowell se pierde enseguida, absorbido por la falta de cohesión y de atmósfera. Es un libro que no sabe quién es ni qué quiere contar.
Terminé Calliope porque lo estaba leyendo con mi amiga Rocío , y comentarlo con ella fue, sin duda, lo mejor de toda esta experiencia lectora. ⭐️ (1,5/5)
October 17, 2025
Perfectamente se podría haber llamado: “Madres narcisistas, haciendo cosas de madres narcisistas”.
June 28, 2011
I read some of Tabitha King's novels as a teenager and really enjoyed them. This novel is quite different from her earlier work, which is understandable considering that the manuscript was written by another author.
Reading the book was something like a rollercoaster: from great expectations at the beginning to slow motion with only a few twists and loops in between. At the beginning I was sure I'd love this story, but my enthusiam was slowed down somewhere in the middle, where the story dragged on and on without really continuing anywhere. There are books where this concept works, where I am confident to just read without reaching a determined destination or climax, but for me it didn't work out with Candles Burning. The first pages built up a good suspense, but then it simply evaporates over the middle part instead of leading to a satisfying end. The story could never quite catch up its pace again and left me only half satisfied (for finding out what really happened and why), and half relieved (to have it finished).
I am not familiar with books by Michael McDowell, so I can't compare this book to his other work. As for Tabitha King, I prefer her early novels.
Reading the book was something like a rollercoaster: from great expectations at the beginning to slow motion with only a few twists and loops in between. At the beginning I was sure I'd love this story, but my enthusiam was slowed down somewhere in the middle, where the story dragged on and on without really continuing anywhere. There are books where this concept works, where I am confident to just read without reaching a determined destination or climax, but for me it didn't work out with Candles Burning. The first pages built up a good suspense, but then it simply evaporates over the middle part instead of leading to a satisfying end. The story could never quite catch up its pace again and left me only half satisfied (for finding out what really happened and why), and half relieved (to have it finished).
I am not familiar with books by Michael McDowell, so I can't compare this book to his other work. As for Tabitha King, I prefer her early novels.
November 24, 2022
Recuérdeme no recomendar un libro hasta llegar a la última página.
El libro comienza perfecto, 10/10, crudo, macabro, sangriento, despiadado e intrigante.
En el transcurso del libro se vuelve retorcido y con sucesos sobrenaturales. Peeero llega un punto que se vuelve un tanto aburrido y nada centrado en el inicio de la historia. El final llego de un modo tan abrupto que realmente no lo entendí. No me explicaron prácticamente nada, quedé llena de intrigas y aburrida.
Con personajes tan lineales y sin plot twist.
Le di 3 estrellas aunque reales son 1.5 ⭐ pero tan buen inicio tuvo gran peso en el puntaje final. Y a pesar de terminar mal resuelto no significa que lo llegue a amar por completo...
Sra King espero volver a leer sus palabras y con un mejor final...
El libro comienza perfecto, 10/10, crudo, macabro, sangriento, despiadado e intrigante.
En el transcurso del libro se vuelve retorcido y con sucesos sobrenaturales. Peeero llega un punto que se vuelve un tanto aburrido y nada centrado en el inicio de la historia. El final llego de un modo tan abrupto que realmente no lo entendí. No me explicaron prácticamente nada, quedé llena de intrigas y aburrida.
Con personajes tan lineales y sin plot twist.
Le di 3 estrellas aunque reales son 1.5 ⭐ pero tan buen inicio tuvo gran peso en el puntaje final. Y a pesar de terminar mal resuelto no significa que lo llegue a amar por completo...
Sra King espero volver a leer sus palabras y con un mejor final...
April 11, 2011
Tabitha King is Stephen King's wife.
I've read most (if not all) of Michael McDowell's books and especially loved his Blackwater series. He definitely knows how to write creepy stuff.
I really enjoyed this book of his finished after his death by Tabitha King (Stephen King's wife). It was subtle and insidious!
I've read most (if not all) of Michael McDowell's books and especially loved his Blackwater series. He definitely knows how to write creepy stuff.
I really enjoyed this book of his finished after his death by Tabitha King (Stephen King's wife). It was subtle and insidious!
December 10, 2010
Very very disappointing. Michael Mcdowell is one of my favorite authors. I have read and re-read most of his books. This book felt so disjointed and Mrs. King's lack of skill was so clear. It was easy for a fan to pick out what was her ideas vs. the original manuscript.
November 3, 2025
Calliope es una novela que empezó a escribir Michael Mcdowell y que tras su fallecimiento concluyó Tabitha King, mujer de Stephen King.
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La protagonista principal es Calliope, una niña que a los 7 años se enfrenta al asesinato de su padre. Tras este hecho su madre decide huir y se refugian en un hotel donde comenzarán a ocurrir hechos extraños.
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Es una novela que transcurre a un ritmo lento, aunque por esto no dejan de ocurrir cosas y veremos como Calliope crece en ese ambiente y con personas diferentes que se un modo u otro marcarán su personalidad.
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Creo que Tabitha King ha sabido adaptarse a la forma tan peculiar de escribir de Michael Mcdowell y ha creado una novela oscura y envolvente.
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Una historia que me ha gustado descubrir y con un final a la altura de la trama.
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La protagonista principal es Calliope, una niña que a los 7 años se enfrenta al asesinato de su padre. Tras este hecho su madre decide huir y se refugian en un hotel donde comenzarán a ocurrir hechos extraños.
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Es una novela que transcurre a un ritmo lento, aunque por esto no dejan de ocurrir cosas y veremos como Calliope crece en ese ambiente y con personas diferentes que se un modo u otro marcarán su personalidad.
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Creo que Tabitha King ha sabido adaptarse a la forma tan peculiar de escribir de Michael Mcdowell y ha creado una novela oscura y envolvente.
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Una historia que me ha gustado descubrir y con un final a la altura de la trama.
March 13, 2011
This was a good book, but it's fairly obvious where Mr. McDowell stopped writing and Ms. King started. I have a feeling that this was not the ending that Mr. McDowell envisioned, but I think she did a good job of finishing the book. It was an interesting story, but I found that there were a few things that weren't explored quite enough or developed to the point where I could understand what the writer was trying to convey. But it did keep me interested, so I would give it a 4 out of 5. Horror is not usually my genre, except for Stephen King's work, but this book had a very good plot and didn't get too detailed with the blood and gore, so I think it's a good read even if you don't like horror books.
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September 11, 2025Puede que influya que estoy teniendo una racha muy desconectada de la lectura y le afecte a este libro (y a los que tengo colgados por ahi) pero llevo 140 páginas y me parece una libro muy extraño, no avanza, tirando para regular porque no le veo la gracia ni le encuentro el tono. Leyendo la sinopsis no sabes qué esperar pero todavía no tengo ni idea de qué me quiere contar. Quizá en otro momento babyy
September 28, 2025
Historia con buena premisa pero que se desinfla totalmente.
Cuenta la historia de Calliope, una niña un tanto especial (puede hablar con los muertos, cosa que te enteras mucho después) a la que tratan fatal y a la cuál asesisan cruelmente al padre, la única persona a la que está unida.
Hasta ahí bien, después absolutamente nada durante 300 páginas.
Un cúmulo de cosas sin sentido ni fundamento. Quitando los aires un poco a lo blackwater que me hacían esperar a que sucediera algo pero no, pasas capítulos sin más.
Pensaba que la Sra King le daría un buen toque gótico pero ni ella ni McDowell se han culminado en esta novela.
Cuenta la historia de Calliope, una niña un tanto especial (puede hablar con los muertos, cosa que te enteras mucho después) a la que tratan fatal y a la cuál asesisan cruelmente al padre, la única persona a la que está unida.
Hasta ahí bien, después absolutamente nada durante 300 páginas.
Un cúmulo de cosas sin sentido ni fundamento. Quitando los aires un poco a lo blackwater que me hacían esperar a que sucediera algo pero no, pasas capítulos sin más.
Pensaba que la Sra King le daría un buen toque gótico pero ni ella ni McDowell se han culminado en esta novela.
July 26, 2025
O livro mais fraco do Michael McDowell, penso que é por não ser completamente escrito por ele, o início é muito bom, muito interessante e instigante, fico só imaginando o que não seria deste livro se ele tivesse conseguido terminá-lo.
December 9, 2021
If you had the gift to talk to someone no longer on this earth or in your life....what would you say? I have thought of this MANY times in my life, but now, I would walk up to author Michael McDowell and then look him in the eye and say "Thank you my friend for taking me on this gorgeous and funny at times journey of Calley Dakin!!" If you have tried and tried to read this book as I have so many times, your trick to 'getting it' is to LISTEN to this new and beautiful, yet gross and creepy at times; literary classic!
Check out my video book review here on my Youtube Channel; Nightmares, Tears, Anyone?
https://youtu.be/PKthExrTgXc
With the death of author (and one of my ALL TIME FAVES right next to Robert R. McCammon) Michael McDowell in 1999 of complications due to the AIDS epidemic, i was devastated at the time. This was always that one author that i would have pulled teeth to get the chance to meet....he was so gifted with his works and talent to scare the hell out of you, and make you sincerely feel for what was on the pages of whatever of his books you were reading at the time.
'Candles Burning' was never finised at the time of his death. Those of us that read horror and suspense should already know of how this came to be finished......his dear, dear personal friend (wife of Stephen King) Tabitha King finished that manuscript for him, and published one of the most controversial books of our time. Now when i say controversial, I mean because it took such negative attacks by readers and critics both. People said you could most definitely tell what King wrote .....'because she was so untalented as a writer.......' and whatever else. Me being a fan of both of these authors could never tell at all. NOW, i will say that a little halfway thru this, the comedic dialog and actions of main character Calley (short for Calliope, and when you find out why, it is classic) did change. I want to think that as she goes from 6; almost 7 at the beginning of the book when her beloved father (her life being!) is horrendously tortured, murdered then dismembered AND eaten, she learns so much about herself and the evil that lives in the world; and not because it was 'because that is what SHE wrote versus what he wrote'.
The supernatural part of the book is there however it is not a scary book....it is a coming of age novel that most definitely has horror and scares in it, it is so well written that you dont ever wait to be scared.....you just READ! If you have read McDowells souther gothic bestsellers; "The Elementals" or "Cold Moon Over Babylon" you are just going to LOVE this one too! And both of these books, AND his "Black Water" series is brought up in this one, and some other references to his previous works. Now we do not know who put these in, but I am sure McDowell did it. I LOVED this and will most definitely listen to this again! Get it and LISTEN to it!
5 🔥👻🔪⚰️🩸
Check out my video book review here on my Youtube Channel; Nightmares, Tears, Anyone?
https://youtu.be/PKthExrTgXc
With the death of author (and one of my ALL TIME FAVES right next to Robert R. McCammon) Michael McDowell in 1999 of complications due to the AIDS epidemic, i was devastated at the time. This was always that one author that i would have pulled teeth to get the chance to meet....he was so gifted with his works and talent to scare the hell out of you, and make you sincerely feel for what was on the pages of whatever of his books you were reading at the time.
'Candles Burning' was never finised at the time of his death. Those of us that read horror and suspense should already know of how this came to be finished......his dear, dear personal friend (wife of Stephen King) Tabitha King finished that manuscript for him, and published one of the most controversial books of our time. Now when i say controversial, I mean because it took such negative attacks by readers and critics both. People said you could most definitely tell what King wrote .....'because she was so untalented as a writer.......' and whatever else. Me being a fan of both of these authors could never tell at all. NOW, i will say that a little halfway thru this, the comedic dialog and actions of main character Calley (short for Calliope, and when you find out why, it is classic) did change. I want to think that as she goes from 6; almost 7 at the beginning of the book when her beloved father (her life being!) is horrendously tortured, murdered then dismembered AND eaten, she learns so much about herself and the evil that lives in the world; and not because it was 'because that is what SHE wrote versus what he wrote'.
The supernatural part of the book is there however it is not a scary book....it is a coming of age novel that most definitely has horror and scares in it, it is so well written that you dont ever wait to be scared.....you just READ! If you have read McDowells souther gothic bestsellers; "The Elementals" or "Cold Moon Over Babylon" you are just going to LOVE this one too! And both of these books, AND his "Black Water" series is brought up in this one, and some other references to his previous works. Now we do not know who put these in, but I am sure McDowell did it. I LOVED this and will most definitely listen to this again! Get it and LISTEN to it!
5 🔥👻🔪⚰️🩸
November 27, 2017
I liked it, I liked the heroine and the story but there was something missing. It seemed a lot of time was spent on the filler instead of the stuff that was cool. Calley had lots of talents that I think were unexplored in favor of ... I am not sure. Maybe it was too mellow for me.
October 10, 2018
Way too heavy sits the crown, for both the reader AND the king. DNF.
October 25, 2025
Michael McDowell's final gothic horror novel, completed after his death by Tabitha King. Hard to know what to feel about this one. The opening is so strong -- the description by the protagonist, Calley, of her father's kidnapping and murder is not only chilling but heartbreaking. Sadly, after his funeral, and especially once the action moves to Florida, the plot grinds to a halt: there is a lot of Calley being tormented by her evil mother, and by the owner of the mysterious guesthouse where mother and daughter have washed up. These are mixed with some genuine moments of spookiness, but also lots of elements that seem to go nowhere, and character motivations that don't make sense, even when one finally reaches the over-explanatory ending.
I don't know -- and no one online seems to know -- how much of the book was McDowell's and how much King's, nor what state the manuscript was in when King took it on, so it's not as simple as crediting the good opening to McDowell and everything lackluster that comes after to King. But I do wish we could experience the novel McDowell had intended to write, were it not for his tragic death.
I don't know -- and no one online seems to know -- how much of the book was McDowell's and how much King's, nor what state the manuscript was in when King took it on, so it's not as simple as crediting the good opening to McDowell and everything lackluster that comes after to King. But I do wish we could experience the novel McDowell had intended to write, were it not for his tragic death.
October 11, 2025
Callie es una niña, cuando se ve arrastrada por el cruento asesinato de su padre, a vivir en una casa en la playa con su madre en Pensacola. Los extraños dones de la niña supondrán una carga para la madre, y un alivio para todos los demás.
Después del subidón que supuso la saga Blackwater el año pasado, todo un descubrimiento de autor, esta novela me ha dejado fría.
Sé que cuando es algo inacabado, el autor que toma las riendas, en este caso Tabitha King, pone todo de su parte para imitar el estilo del autor original, si no el estilo, el espíritu.
En este caso, se ve claramente dónde había que llegar, solo que se hace de forma torpe, larga y aburrida.
Demasiada tortura gráfica y poco realismo mágico.
Una decepción.
Después del subidón que supuso la saga Blackwater el año pasado, todo un descubrimiento de autor, esta novela me ha dejado fría.
Sé que cuando es algo inacabado, el autor que toma las riendas, en este caso Tabitha King, pone todo de su parte para imitar el estilo del autor original, si no el estilo, el espíritu.
En este caso, se ve claramente dónde había que llegar, solo que se hace de forma torpe, larga y aburrida.
Demasiada tortura gráfica y poco realismo mágico.
Una decepción.
April 25, 2016
I admire the ambition of Tabitha King for taking this story on. Michael McDowell had started this novel, had passed away sadly before he could finish it, and Tabitha had decided to take on the mission of completing it with his incomplete notes and manuscript. Ambition is a good thing, but failing to complete it is not. I understand how it could be a difficult thing to attempt to do. But she decided it on her own, and I hope that her agent doesn’t bring any opportunities like this to her.
I’m not so much familiar with Tabitha’s work, but just to judge from this one piece of it, she doesn’t have the same affinity for writing, especially in something that is supposed to be suspenseful and was placed in the horror section for some odd reason, as her husband Stephen King does. As an author, every book you come out with is a reflection of you. I just hope that this reflection of Tabitha is something like looking into a pond through ripples, and I hope that whatever I read next by her is a lot more satisfactory.
As for the book itself, the back summery is misleading entirely. I believe that it was written about the parts that Michael McDowell had completed before his death, but was entirely let down by Tabitha’s rendition of his notes. It was convenient to have the main character, Callie Dakin, grow up from a young girl into a fully grown woman, because the mindsets change. I say convenient because it appeared that Tabitha was having troubles trying to get into the character of the little girl, and focused more on the teenage years and the adulthood.
Lots of things were brought into the story that seemed like it could be relevant, but ended up hardly being anything at all. There was some things that appeared to be symbolism or foreshadowing and yet nothing was done about it. It was highly disappointing.
As for the ending, it was like hitting a brick wall head first.It was blunt, it was final, it was an ending. It left no questions to be answered except for - What the fuck was that? Everything was explained in a quick manner in the last couple of chapters, and yet it was nothing that it seemed to be leading up to. This book obviously was not meant to be a mystery novel with a plot twist at the end. It just felt oh so wrong, and I know I seem like I’m giving Tabitha a hard time but come on.
Rating: 4/10 stars, and only so highly because Michael McDowell’s work was beautiful. I really wish I could have read what he had set out to accomplish.
I’m not so much familiar with Tabitha’s work, but just to judge from this one piece of it, she doesn’t have the same affinity for writing, especially in something that is supposed to be suspenseful and was placed in the horror section for some odd reason, as her husband Stephen King does. As an author, every book you come out with is a reflection of you. I just hope that this reflection of Tabitha is something like looking into a pond through ripples, and I hope that whatever I read next by her is a lot more satisfactory.
As for the book itself, the back summery is misleading entirely. I believe that it was written about the parts that Michael McDowell had completed before his death, but was entirely let down by Tabitha’s rendition of his notes. It was convenient to have the main character, Callie Dakin, grow up from a young girl into a fully grown woman, because the mindsets change. I say convenient because it appeared that Tabitha was having troubles trying to get into the character of the little girl, and focused more on the teenage years and the adulthood.
Lots of things were brought into the story that seemed like it could be relevant, but ended up hardly being anything at all. There was some things that appeared to be symbolism or foreshadowing and yet nothing was done about it. It was highly disappointing.
As for the ending, it was like hitting a brick wall head first.It was blunt, it was final, it was an ending. It left no questions to be answered except for - What the fuck was that? Everything was explained in a quick manner in the last couple of chapters, and yet it was nothing that it seemed to be leading up to. This book obviously was not meant to be a mystery novel with a plot twist at the end. It just felt oh so wrong, and I know I seem like I’m giving Tabitha a hard time but come on.
Rating: 4/10 stars, and only so highly because Michael McDowell’s work was beautiful. I really wish I could have read what he had set out to accomplish.
June 4, 2008
This was a fascinating Southern Gothic horror novel about a young girl named Callie whose father is kidnapped, tortured, and murdered. Her mother, suspected of being involved in the murder, takes off with her daughter. They end up in a strange boarding house in Pensacola, run by a mysterious woman who encourages Callie to develop her gift of speaking to "spirits." The book is written by Tabitha King and based upon an uncompleted ms by horror author Michael McDowell, who died before the book was finished.
December 14, 2025
Como spin-off del aclamado universo Blackwater, "Calliope" prometía una inmersión más en el gótico sureño de Michael McDowell. La novela, terminada por Tabitha King (esposa de Stephen King) tras la muerte del autor, se presenta como un relato complementario ambientado en el profundo sur de Estados Unidos en los años 50. La trama comienza de forma brutal: el asesinato del padre de la joven Calliope "Calley" Dakin desencadena una serie de sucesos extraños, llevando a Calley a descubrir una herencia sobrenatural. El desarrollo se centra en Calley y su lucha por comprender este don a lo largo de su juventud.
Si bien la novela hereda el tono gótico sureño de McDowell, con sus asesinatos, secretos familiares y casas antiguas, sentí que carece de la brillantez y la fuerza de su obra más famosa. Los sucesos góticos o importantes son escasos y esporádicos. La narrativa se inclina fuertemente hacia el género costumbrista de la época, dedicando muchas páginas a detallar el día a día y elementos que, en mi opinión, resultan irrelevantes para la trama central.
Este enfoque en la vida cotidiana, aunque busca "empaparnos del sur de Estados Unidos" y dotar de "alma" a la ambientación, perjudicó el ritmo de la narración. La sensación al leer era de extrema lentitud, con grandes tramos donde prácticamente no se avanza. Este ritmo, sumado a un monólogo interno de Calley que por momentos resultaba irrelevante, hizo que la experiencia se sintiera tediosa, algo que contrastaba con la fluidez que solía caracterizar la pluma de McDowell.
Además, esta lentitud crónica afectó la resolución del misterio. El asesinato principal queda latente a lo largo de los años y la revelación sobre lo sucedido no llega hasta que Calley es adulta. Cuando finalmente se aborda el clímax, la resolución es sorprendentemente concisa, dejando una gran sensación de insatisfacción. Esta falta de consistencia en el desarrollo y la voz narrativa irregular, resultado del trabajo de dos autores, son aspectos que me jugaron en contra.
En última instancia, mis expectativas sobre una inmersión intensa en el terror gótico no se cumplieron. Esperaba más intriga y horror sobrenatural y encontré una exploración lenta, centrada en la atmósfera sureña. Si bien Calley es una protagonista con una voz humana e intensa, la ejecución general de la trama resultó en una lectura un poco decepcionante.
“Cuando alguien se ha propuesto matar a una persona, la motivación se convierte en una justificación, nada más”.
Si bien la novela hereda el tono gótico sureño de McDowell, con sus asesinatos, secretos familiares y casas antiguas, sentí que carece de la brillantez y la fuerza de su obra más famosa. Los sucesos góticos o importantes son escasos y esporádicos. La narrativa se inclina fuertemente hacia el género costumbrista de la época, dedicando muchas páginas a detallar el día a día y elementos que, en mi opinión, resultan irrelevantes para la trama central.
Este enfoque en la vida cotidiana, aunque busca "empaparnos del sur de Estados Unidos" y dotar de "alma" a la ambientación, perjudicó el ritmo de la narración. La sensación al leer era de extrema lentitud, con grandes tramos donde prácticamente no se avanza. Este ritmo, sumado a un monólogo interno de Calley que por momentos resultaba irrelevante, hizo que la experiencia se sintiera tediosa, algo que contrastaba con la fluidez que solía caracterizar la pluma de McDowell.
Además, esta lentitud crónica afectó la resolución del misterio. El asesinato principal queda latente a lo largo de los años y la revelación sobre lo sucedido no llega hasta que Calley es adulta. Cuando finalmente se aborda el clímax, la resolución es sorprendentemente concisa, dejando una gran sensación de insatisfacción. Esta falta de consistencia en el desarrollo y la voz narrativa irregular, resultado del trabajo de dos autores, son aspectos que me jugaron en contra.
En última instancia, mis expectativas sobre una inmersión intensa en el terror gótico no se cumplieron. Esperaba más intriga y horror sobrenatural y encontré una exploración lenta, centrada en la atmósfera sureña. Si bien Calley es una protagonista con una voz humana e intensa, la ejecución general de la trama resultó en una lectura un poco decepcionante.
“Cuando alguien se ha propuesto matar a una persona, la motivación se convierte en una justificación, nada más”.
September 27, 2025
Se nota que es un libro que han escrito dos personas. Michael McDowell tiene un don increíble para escribir sobre la comunidad sureña de los Estados Unidos y que verlos comer una mazorca sea un evento que te mantenga al borde de la silla, Tabitha King, hace un trabajo muy bueno teniendo en cuenta las circunstancias. A mí el libro me ha gustado mucho y me lo he pasado genial leyéndolo, sin embargo, creo que está historia pretendía ser por lo menos unas 100 páginas más larga de lo que es. Hay muchos asuntos que si bien quedan más o menos resueltos, no quedan del todo atados y la explicación es PORQUE SI. También me parece que deberían de haber dado mucho más foreshadowing más allá de que de que Judy Janice eran tontas de remate y era imposible que hubiesen matado a Joe.
Aún con todo, me parece una historia muy disfrutable ❤️
Aún con todo, me parece una historia muy disfrutable ❤️
December 10, 2025
(He leído la reedición llamada Calliope en España)
Tiene algo del toque y de la atmósfera de Blackwater, pero muy poquito. Es cierto que ha sido escrito por otra persona —nada menos que Tabitha King, la mujer de Stephen King y gran amiga del autor de Blackwater—, así que si llegáis a este libro con ganas de “más de lo mismo”, seguramente os llevéis una pequeña decepción.
Es una historia extraña. Comienza muy bien y he de decir que tiene una de las introducciones más oscuras y tristes que he leído. El suceso que afecta a la familia Dakin y la manera en que lo vive Calliope resultan traumáticos, especialmente por cómo es tratada. Tras esa introducción, la trama principal se ralentiza mucho y, sinceramente, creo que se pierde en una historia que no termina de despegar ni de llevar a ningún lado. El final es peculiar; no diría que malo, pero sí extraño, y puede pecar de ser un poco incoherente.
Aun así, no puedo negar que ha sido una lectura amena, y toda la parte que transcurre en la isla del golfo de México tiene su encanto. Calliope es un personaje único y raro, con un magnetismo especial y una personalidad burda y desenfadada que atrapa.
Tiene algo del toque y de la atmósfera de Blackwater, pero muy poquito. Es cierto que ha sido escrito por otra persona —nada menos que Tabitha King, la mujer de Stephen King y gran amiga del autor de Blackwater—, así que si llegáis a este libro con ganas de “más de lo mismo”, seguramente os llevéis una pequeña decepción.
Es una historia extraña. Comienza muy bien y he de decir que tiene una de las introducciones más oscuras y tristes que he leído. El suceso que afecta a la familia Dakin y la manera en que lo vive Calliope resultan traumáticos, especialmente por cómo es tratada. Tras esa introducción, la trama principal se ralentiza mucho y, sinceramente, creo que se pierde en una historia que no termina de despegar ni de llevar a ningún lado. El final es peculiar; no diría que malo, pero sí extraño, y puede pecar de ser un poco incoherente.
Aun así, no puedo negar que ha sido una lectura amena, y toda la parte que transcurre en la isla del golfo de México tiene su encanto. Calliope es un personaje único y raro, con un magnetismo especial y una personalidad burda y desenfadada que atrapa.
November 29, 2025
Lo único que vas a tener de blackwater es la mención de Pensacola, el río y ya. No hay nada más, la verdad que la narración se me hizo pesada, Callie no fue un protagonista interesante hasta su adultez. Varios de los arcos de la abuela, la mamá, el hermano, vivir en la casa "de verano" donde creció fueron... aburridos. Es un libro aburrido. ¿su sensibilidad al ruido? Aparece cuando conviene, igual que su capacidad de imitar ruidos.
No me gustó el libro, si bien hubieron momentos que me pareció interesante como verla crecer, cometer errores... simplemente es aburrido.
No me gustó el libro, si bien hubieron momentos que me pareció interesante como verla crecer, cometer errores... simplemente es aburrido.
December 4, 2025
Prometía ser un libro excepcional, pero pierde fuelle y se resuelve de manera precipitada, como si supiera que final debía tener pero se ha olvidado como llegar a él.
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