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Where the Crawdads Sing

Delia Owens

Start date: June 17, 2022

Finish date: July 17, 2022

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Sep 06, 2019 Blondish And Bookish rated it really liked it

This book was well written—beautifully written, even—but it had so much hype I guess I was expecting to be completely Wowed. It was good, I enjoyed it, but it didn’t quite measure up to all the raves.

First the good: Again, beautifully written. Great descriptions, Delia Owens did a wonderful job with creating the settings and developing most of the characters. The storyline was compelling, and there were a few nice twists to the plot.

And now the bad: Some of the plot was a bit hard to believe. Wh ...more

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Mar 08, 2020 Rosemary rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Kya the Marsh girl in Where the Crawdads Sing is the best book I have read this year so far. I am amazed at how Kya survives most of her life on her own and survives through mostly things from earth. Learns how to buy things , even though they are few for survival, by trading mussel and smoked fish. She trusts two men who also leave her. One by going to college and the other by marrying another woman because he can’t marry a marsh girl. Chase one of the men ends up dead. Don’t want to spoil the ...more

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Jul 29, 2021 Naomi rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2021-rrrc-challenge, friends-lovers, challenge-corner-series-challenge, small-town, romance, artist, survivalist, historical-fiction, coming-of-age, poet

I wasn't really sure what to expect at first with the plot jumping time periods. Wow I can't imagine what it must have been like for Kya being abandoned so young left to survive on her own. I loved her friendship with Tate and that he didn't judge her as the towns people had. I loved that she rose above after learning to read and facing so many obstacles to overcome on her own. This book did a great job of bringing the Marsh to life and sheading light on what life was like for Kya. ...more

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