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4.21 AVERAGE
4.21 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
I struggles with the first few chapters until I could read and decipher the slang, but this a wonderful story. What a life the marsh girl lived, from an abandoned child to a recognized author, writing and painting the life in the marsh. I felt the town folk would never had accepted her had it not been for the trial. Although, I was wrong with my thinking Tate killed Chase. The greatest thing was Kya getting released to go back to her marsh. This books ends with love and death.
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Rating of 3.5. I like the book, especially the way Owens depicts nature as its own "character" and how she shows the effects of human isolation. However, I could put down the book without hesitation and wasn't really shocked or touched by the ending.
This is a real tear jerker, seems to be quite polarising with reviewers but I loved it
Delia Owens first novel, “Where the Crawdads Sing” is one of the most moving stories I’ve read in a long time. Whether it is in the personal story of Kya or the deep look into a part of nature that is not as well known as many other areas of study, it is enthralling and arouses your curiosity at the same time.
The pathos of young Kya’s story and the ongoing issues she experiences touch our deepest emotions and always leaves you anticipating what is coming next and feeling deeply close to this young girl/woman.
The interweaving of the story between the past and present, intertwining two separate time frames into one kept my interest so keenly I hardly could stop reading.
I thought the entire story was excellent and led me deeply into the two main characters of Tate and Kya and especially as a lover of the natural world, I was enthralled by the study of the marsh and it’s detail and amount of information woven into the story line.
Our natural world is a precious commodity that sustains us as a species and we imperil our own survival by ignoring the interconnections and our destructive tendencies that Ms. Owens demonstrates so well in this book. It is a truly worthwhile read on many levels!
The pathos of young Kya’s story and the ongoing issues she experiences touch our deepest emotions and always leaves you anticipating what is coming next and feeling deeply close to this young girl/woman.
The interweaving of the story between the past and present, intertwining two separate time frames into one kept my interest so keenly I hardly could stop reading.
I thought the entire story was excellent and led me deeply into the two main characters of Tate and Kya and especially as a lover of the natural world, I was enthralled by the study of the marsh and it’s detail and amount of information woven into the story line.
Our natural world is a precious commodity that sustains us as a species and we imperil our own survival by ignoring the interconnections and our destructive tendencies that Ms. Owens demonstrates so well in this book. It is a truly worthwhile read on many levels!
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes