Where the Crawdads Sing in Around the World in 80 Books

Feb 19, 2020 Te-ge Bramhall rated it it was amazing

Shelves: mystery, poetry, classics, recommended-best-books, 2020-favs, all-time-favorites

When I got the message that my copy of Where the Crawdads Sing was available to download from the public library late last night, I knew I should just ignore it until morning.

But, I really wanted to read a little of it. I’d picked the book up at the bookstore this weekend to thumb through, and the first chapter and immediately caught my interest. I wanted to read more about 6 year old Kya going to school for the first time, eager to learn what comes after 29. “Just one chapter,” I promised mysel ...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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May 28, 2020 Nina ( picturetalk321 ) rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: z-read-gelesen-2020, a-reviewed, author-woman, reese-witherspoon-s-book-club-hello, theme-het

Lush prose, immersive nature descriptions, compelling main character. There is a murder mystery of sorts but what I remember most vividly is the sense of place: the MC's hut in the swamps of a coastal area in the Southern US, the small-town settlement with its grocers and local dignitaries, the deep loneliness and swelling tides of emotion.

Read as part of Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine Book Club. ...more

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