Reviews with content warning for Sexual assault - Where the Crawdads Sing

What I Liked:
- Beautiful atmospheric descriptions of the marsh
- Sad/lost girl vibes
- coming of age story

Nitpicky Complaints:
- Pacing was slow, which was fine for an audiobook. It might have dragged as a physical read. On the other hand, the ending felt rushed.

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annamwallace66's review

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emotional inspiring 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? No

3.5

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crab_army's review

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adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

I listen to an audio version of this book so I can’t say anything about how it was written visually but from listening to the book the tension is well written, it also does a great job of portraying the main character’s emotions and motivations. It’s easy to understand the “why” in what the main character does. The book is well written, if a bit over written in some parts but I enjoy flowery writing. Outside of that scenes that were supposed to be uncomfortable were, I had to stop at a few points of the book and pick it up again later after I’d emotionally prepared myself.

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mezaphorically's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

A solid and captivating read for the first 2/3rds. As the climax and wind down kick in, it starts to get rather eye-rolly. Largely, this is because knowing anything about the author and her own alleged criminality drastically cheapens the experience. If one were to go into this completely blind on that manner, as many did upon release, this would certainly be a worthy 4/4.5 star book. The writing is solid, Owens' descriptions are as beautiful as they are informed, and each chapter knows just when and how to end to keep you reading. It really is good and I do recommend it. This being said, I bought my copy for $1 at a library sale and that's really the only way I would go about procuring it. Find it used and for cheap.

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