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Where the Crawdads Sing

Delia Owens

Start date: November 1, 2020

Finish date: November 30, 2020

Discussion: 2020 Monthly Reads

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Apr 30, 2019 Melanie rated it liked it

Shelves: mystery, historical, book-club

I’m giving this three stars because I’m thinking I might be going through a little period of overly low ratings for book club books and wondering if that’s more me than them. That said: the nature writing was decent, the poems were terrible, and the characters were kind of one-dimensional. The dialogue was a hard no for me - I’m not a big fan of dialect, but it was also not written how people talk - and I hated that the dialect randomly got thrown into the narrative. Yes, the steps were made of ...more

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Jul 24, 2019 Heidi rated it it was amazing

I absolutely loved this book. It is truly a love letter to nature the marshlands in North Carolina. Of all the debut novels I have read this year, this one is the best by far. I can’t wait to see what Delia Owens writes next.

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May 08, 2019 Stacy rated it it was amazing

A lovely story from start to finish. I was mesmerized by the story of the Marsh Girl - young Kya who lives alone in the marshland of North Carolina. Everyone has left her - her family, she has no friends, and no community. She creates a life for herself unbelievably alone in the marsh. Her story broke my heart in very small ways - the author does a wonderful job of introducing us to Kya, allowing us to enjoy her and love her but not overly pity her. While almost everyone has let Kya down, the re ...more

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Nov 15, 2019 Maureen rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: my-fivestar-books

I loved this book so much.

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Jan 16, 2020 Adjrun rated it liked it · review of another edition

I’m torn on this one. It’s a really fast read - it carries you along like a rip current. The imagery the author creates is lovely.

The characters lack any nuance at all. If you like Kya, you’re good. If you’re mean to her or dislike her, you’re small and spiteful and petty. Loath as I am to call any female character this, she’s kind of a Mary Sue: grows up abandoned in the swap but is a brilliant painter and genius naturalist and is freakishly beautiful and deep and wait! There’s more! It’s a lit ...more

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