Marcus answers “Is it just me or is Into the Water hard to...”

A Goodreads user asked this question about Into the Water:

Is it just me or is Into the Water hard to read because its so jumbled with all characters? I can't grasp the whole plot because I am always confused where its going.

Marcus just finished (I think?) and without previously reading these that was exactly my review. WAAAAAAY too many characters. Towards the end I was like, sc…morejust finished (I think?) and without previously reading these that was exactly my review. WAAAAAAY too many characters. Towards the end I was like, screw it, just finish this torture. So allow me to spoil it here so I save you the trouble of reading this mess:
There's a death of character A, then character B related to character A goes to fictional city, there, she meets a gal, character C. Character B was troubled with character A because A was involved with character D. D now is furious at B (I think), because now she blames her friend, Character E for her mom's demise. B doesnt think A did what she did and now noticed distress in A's actions. This clusters, prompts character F to come to town, while G tags along because she feels F is distressed with the whole cluster, since his mom now (probably character H?) suffered the same demise as A and D. or it is C, who the seven hells knows at this point! 250+ pages later you finish this. Have fun(less)

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