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Tom Wilson asked this question about Where the Crawdads Sing:
BIG SPOILER I hated the ending. I can't think of another book where a sympathetic character is guilty of first degree murder. I just have no space in my heart or my mind to care about somebody who belongs in jail. It didn't have to end that way. On top of that, the idea that a murder was so well planned yet almost impossible to time out and actually commit is not at all realistic. Am I crazy?
IvanOpinion Well, murder is a sin (and a crime), but her only other real option was to wait for him to find her and, at best, rape and beat her. Probably kill her…moreWell, murder is a sin (and a crime), but her only other real option was to wait for him to find her and, at best, rape and beat her. Probably kill her.

She would not have been believed by the sheriff about the attempted rape. Some people might have left town for ever, but she could not live anywhere except the marsh. I just don't see that she had any viable alternative.(less)
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Where the Crawdads Sing
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