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Where the Crawdads Sing

Delia Owens

Start date: September 1, 2019

Finish date: September 30, 2019

Discussion: MODERN / POPULAR READS

Why we're reading this: Group pick for Modern Classic/Popular - Sept 2019
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Aug 28, 2021 Laura rated it really liked it

Shelves: library-book, ebook

This book got a lot of attention last year and I wondered if it would live up to the hype. The descriptive language was lovely, the story was sad and inspiring by turns, and the last section of the book is a police and courtroom drama.

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Aug 20, 2019 Amanda rated it it was amazing

I delayed reading this book for so long because I wasn’t interested in long descriptive passages about marshlands,no matter how beautifully written.
My loss to have missed out on this beautiful story for so long. I LOVED this book. I loved the writing, loved bthe beautiful descriptions of the natural world, Kya, aka the Marsh Girl, was a well developed fully fleshed out character. For most of the book the plot is quite gentle, even so I couldn’t put it down. While driving I I listened to the won ...more

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Dec 11, 2019 Laurel Bradshaw rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, audiobook, color-rating-blue, coming-of-age, 1960s, north-carolina

I'll give this 4 stars for the lovely nature writing, and its evocation of the flora and fauna of the marsh. It's a sweet story, but I wonder if I shouldn't call this a fantasy romance rather than a mystery. The mystery is how the heck does a 6-year-old abandoned child survive in such an environment. As others have also pointed out, there are some geographical absurdities (the author lives in Idaho...), but since I am not that familiar with North Carolina it didn't bother me. The murder mystery ...more

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Aug 25, 2023 Kat (A Journey In Reading) rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, read-in-2023

I read this book without seeing the movie and was late to the game from everyone else. I will be in the unpopular reviews. This book didn't do it for me. I had 150 "ish" pages left and already knew the ending. The details of Kya throughout her life were too unbelievable; the jerk in the book, standard, the love interest, again, standard. While I appreciated the apparent knowledge of the author about the science, I didn't love the story. The dialect constantly competed amongst the main characters ...more

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