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Where the Crawdads Sing

Delia Owens

Start date: November 1, 2020

Finish date: November 30, 2020

Discussion: 2020 Monthly Reads

Why we're reading this: November 2020 group read choice for "by or about a woman in STEM"…more
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Aug 11, 2019 Astrid Lim rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: literature, lovely-heroine, dysfunctional-family, america, 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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Aug 31, 2019 Susan rated it it was amazing

I finally read THE BOOK of summer 2019. It was well worth the wait. I'm not sure what to really say about this book that hasn't been said. It is filled with wonderful language and atmosphere. The characters are compelling and interesting. There is gut wrenching emotion and an extremely satisfying ending.
In a word: wonderful. ...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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