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Campbell’s midpoint in The Waters is a tense, atmospheric turn where Donkey becomes the focus of a grown man’s inappropriate attention. She cannot interpret the danger, but the Heron women see it instantly, their quiet vigilance revealing Campbell’s sharp insight into girlhood and female intuition. A brief moment of crossed boundaries heightens the unease and sets the stage for the novel’s central conflict.
— Nov 12, 2025 09:48PM
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Campbell sets Rose Thorn’s cancer revelation up as a kind of emotional rupture—quiet but devastating. It’s one of those moments where the world of The Waters suddenly feels more fragile, more mortal. And Donkey’s decline has that same ache of pre-loss that Campbell weaves through the book: the sense that grief begins long before anything actually ends.
— Nov 16, 2025 07:37PM
