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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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Jan 12, 2019 Brandi rated it it was amazing

Oh man, I read this book in one day - I couldn’t put it down! I rarely write reviews but this book really resonated with me. It will stay with me for a very long time, probably forever. I highly recommend it!

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Aug 11, 2019 Astrid Lim rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: literature, america, lovely-heroine, dysfunctional-family, puzzle, book-club

A very beautiful and captivating book about a Marsh Girl named Kya- who was abandoned as a child and had to survive living in the marsh on her own. It’s heartbreaking and amazing- the loneliness is real, I can totally feel it through Kya’s heart and eyes. The marsh is her only family and the bery descriptive setting helps a lot.

Some of the dialogues are a bit corny, and there are too many “telling” parts for my taste. But the whole atmosphere is great- I will totally recommend this book for peop ...more

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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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Apr 11, 2019 Lela rated it it was amazing

Back and forth between 4 and 5 stars... probably 4.5. Rounded up.

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Feb 10, 2019 Sarah rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Started out really compelling but my interest definitely waned about halfway through and I eventually got to the point where I couldn’t wait to be finished. And the romance between Kya and Tate was sweet at first (like when they were kids) but when they were adults it felt like it was ripped from the pages of a YA novel.

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Jul 21, 2019 Megan rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: reese, historical-fiction

After waiting on what I think was the longest-ever library wait list, I finally read this novel everyone is raving about. It started out slow, but got better by the end. It was like, not love for me, and since there was so much hype about this one, not loving it felt like a let-down.

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