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Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

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stevia333k's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.25

So it should first be said that evolutionary psychology "evopsych" was developed as enslavement propaganda/apologia as well as (war) rape culture apologia. Like these discussions of instinct & connection are important for unpacking some political implications. I haven't done that yet. This is important because this book had a lot of listen to nature & communing with nature vibes so to know there is definitely discourses for that even if the histiographies are racist bourgeois patriarchal is helpful. Like that's been something I've been trying to learn by recently reading about famines. Point being, if this is going to be some people's introduction to listening to nature then I'll need to figure out where the starting point is at.

This book gave me Katniss Everdeen vibes, and that was definitely a thing I would think about as I read this book. I liked the setting a lot, communing with the other life forms etc. Like doing prayers at parks instead of schools is more my vibe so.

I was told this book was very feminist & that was helpful. I thought the book might've been poly but it wasn't. Like one of the boyfriends ended up being a self-centered rapist.

Anyways, I actually thought she was black until I thought about the school scene & was like wait a minute the schools were segregated back then. The discussion of desegregation if business towards the end was awkward because that's not desegregation of homes, but whatever.

Anyway, she's white. The title for this book in Spanish calls her "savaje", a savage. Thankfully there's no cultural appropriation of native/indigenous Americans, but still keep an eye on that in discussions about this book because that would end up putting a bunch of racist stereotypes on people. But that would be more the fault of the readers I think.

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_kayleighcarlin_'s review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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ktbxter's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Was an alright read but not really sure what the hype was about to be honest!

I really struggled with the writing style and the constant switching between character POVs mid paragraph! Also the dialect was tricky at times - I understand why it was written that way, but it wasn't needed really!

The second half was gripping as the court case appeared and more of the events leading to Chase dying came to head in Kya's narrative. This genuinely had me curious as to if Kya was guilty or not!

I found the ending to be slightly uneventful to be honest. Kya's life was described so fast after the verdict that I was wandering what it was all for and it felt insignificant. I'm glad she got a happy ending with Tate, but seeing more of that would have been nice after reading about years and years of suffering!

I also found the addition of the poetry at the very end, ultimately confirming Kya's had murdered Chase, to be unneeded! Tate finding the necklase itself would have spoken the words that the whole speil about publishing the poems under a false name struggled to say (and badly at that).

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madisone's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This was surprisingly good considering the fact that I didn’t have very high hopes. I loved learning about Kya’s past as the investigation and trial were going on, and the mystery aspect of it was amazing. The writing was beautiful, and very descriptive though sometimes slightly monotonous. The last two chapters were amazing and upped the rating for me. In fact, I’m currently crying a little as I write this because of the last two chapters. Overall this was a great book, but be sure to look up some of the trigger warnings.

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