Where the Crawdads Sing
Aug 2018 · Sold by Penguin
4.7star
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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE—The #1 New York Times bestselling worldwide sensation with more than 18 million copies sold, hailed by The New York Times Book Review as “a painfully beautiful first novel that is at once a murder mystery, a coming-of-age narrative and a celebration of nature.”
For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life—until the unthinkable happens.
Where the Crawdads Sing is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder. Owens reminds us that we are forever shaped by the children we once were, and that we are all subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps.
For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life—until the unthinkable happens.
Where the Crawdads Sing is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder. Owens reminds us that we are forever shaped by the children we once were, and that we are all subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps.
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4.7
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Mark Dyson
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August 14, 2022
The book spent waaay too much time on the exposition. Like, it doesn't even become a cohearant barrage of words until about page 170, WHICH IS WHERE THE BOOK ACTUALLY STARTS. The plot lacked a good sense of direction. My theory is that She wrote the book starting with the marsh girl, and then got bored of the marsh girl, so she added a court case and littered that plot in between the chapters to give the ILLUSION of direction just to spice things up a little. But because of this, it felt disconnected and formed an uneven conglomeration of a plot, suffering some serious pacing issues. I've read H.G. Wells, I've seen E.B. White, I've adored J.K. Rowling, and I've worshipped Raymond Arroyo. I know what a true masterpiece of literature looks like. This isn't one of them. I had to read this trash for AP Literature this summer. Throwing a ball at a wall and letting it bounce back to you, wearing down the paint until you see the original drywall, is more productive than reading this junk.
Kristin Keele
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November 16, 2023
Enjoyable, mysterious, and gripping. I started reading this book because I planned on watching the movie, I enjoy reading books that have been turned into movies prior to watching the movie. This book had me hooked with the building love story and the mystery of the murder. I felt happiness, anger, all while I was playing detective to decide if she was guilty or not. I enjoyed this book and I can only hope the movie is half as good.
Ryan Peterson
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November 29, 2022
The first 250 pages are a love letter to the North Carolina marshes. Then the mystery starts to get interesting and then the ending is pretty obvious, however still satisfying. The book is a facade of a murder/thriller but is more so a love letter to the marshes of the east coast. But I didn't have a huge problem with that. Would recommend... just barely.
About the author
Delia Owens is the coauthor of three internationally bestselling nonfiction books about her life as a wildlife scientist in Africa. She holds a BS in Zoology from the University of Georgia and a PhD in Animal Behavior from the University of California at Davis. She has won the John Burroughs Award for Nature Writing and has been published in Nature, The African Journal of Ecology, and International Wildlife, among many others. She lives in the mountains of North Carolina. Where the Crawdads Sing is her first novel.
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