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Where the Crawdads Sing
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September 1, 2019
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September 30, 2019
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MODERN / POPULAR READS
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Group pick for Modern Classic/Popular - Sept 2019

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What Members Thought

MaryEllen
Dec 29, 2019 rated it really liked it
I loved this book for the most part. Her persistence in being alone became a bit tiresome towards the end - like I get it, she wants to be alone. All in all it was an enjoyable time with the story and I would recommend.
Kacie
Mar 03, 2019 rated it liked it
Shelves: i-own-a-copy
Nope. This book did not live up to the hype for me. I liked some aspects of the writing (nature descriptions), but disliked the dialogue. I liked the premise, but thought it didn't execute. The whole Chase character storyline should have been struck entirely.

But worst of all? I didn't think Kya was a believable character.

Pretty much everything felt implausible. And to me, if I can't believe the main character (and some of the side characters also I just couldn't get behind), then the book isn'
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Dawn
May 19, 2020 rated it really liked it
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Elaine
Jun 30, 2019 added it
I did not love this book the way everyone else seemed to. There was no character depth, it had unbelievable situations and there was a contrived way of telling the story that was annoying.
Mary
Nov 08, 2019 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
I was expecting something more than what seems to me essentially a tragic romance story that ends happily. I did not buy any part of the ending.
Ashley Morgan
Mar 08, 2019 rated it it was amazing
Beautifully written unique story that had me from page 1!
Amy
Apr 21, 2019 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Becky Cota
Jun 16, 2019 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Monica
Dec 23, 2018 marked it as to-read
Michelle
Jan 30, 2019 rated it it was amazing
Stephanie
Nov 17, 2023 rated it it was ok
Liz
Feb 18, 2019 marked it as to-read
Lisa
Sep 25, 2019 rated it really liked it
Bobbie
Jun 26, 2019 rated it it was amazing
Nell
Nov 17, 2019 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Emma
May 24, 2019 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Lyn
May 29, 2019 rated it it was amazing
Richard Livesay
Apr 07, 2020 rated it it was amazing
Amy
Jan 30, 2020 rated it really liked it
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Christine
Sep 25, 2019 rated it it was amazing
Laurie Armstrong
Oct 30, 2019 rated it really liked it
Laura
Dec 01, 2019 rated it really liked it
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Layne
Dec 08, 2019 marked it as to-read
Amy
Jan 20, 2021 rated it really liked it
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Feb 03, 2020 rated it liked it
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