Review:
Abby is a relatively new stepmom. She's quiet, biddable, and and does as her husband David asks. But as she hears things like her stepdaughter Crystal saying her mom lives in the water, and something about Sheila (Crystal's mom) having committed suicide when David said she'd died of cancer, Abby starts to develop suspicions about her new husband. Then she sees Sheila's ghost. The ghost tells Abby that David murdered her, and Abby has to decide what to believe and what she's going to do about it.
Ooh, this was creepy. The artwork was mostly black-and-white with occasional flashes or full-pages of color, and it was really effective at setting the mood.
There were lots of signs that something wasn't quite right, but it was hard to tell what the wrongness meant. For sure, there was something up with Abby - she came across as weirdly distant, and she was certainly passive where David was concerned. There was also evidence that she maybe had intrusive and/or suicidal thoughts. At the same time, things also didn't feel quite right on David's end either.
This was such a chilling and dark read. I definitely didn't expect the direction it ended up taking, although there were plenty of signs. It's amazing how well Carroll blurred the lines between fantasy and reality.
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