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lapluie8's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Racism, Rape, Abandonment, Cursing, Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcoholism
Minor: Cancer, Stalking, War, Infertility, and Mental illness
kdailyreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Classism, Cursing, Death, Abandonment, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, and Death of parent
Moderate: Self harm, Infidelity, Racial slurs, and Sexual content
Minor: War, Cancer, Self harm, Car accident, Infertility, and Mental illness
camoo3032's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Death of parent, Grief, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Sexual content, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Racism, Self harm, and Violence
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, War, Infertility, Blood, Misogyny, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
chronicallyplotting's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Thank you Delia Owens for allowing me to “live” in the marsh. To learn about nature and see its’ beauty and cruelty. Seeing the world with Kya and experiencing her joys, struggles, pain and heartaches was a journey that I am thankful for. I cheered for Kya, mourned with her, was angry for her, fought with her, whispered “I believe you Kya” into the night and cried for her. May we all find a place of solace and wonder for ourselves… Where the Crawdads Sing.
Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Death, Racism, Bullying, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Rape
sniggy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
So I cannot express how much I love this book.From start to finish it kept me interested. Honestly, I think the layout of the book was perfect.The first part we get to learn about Kya's childhood, the middle part is about her relationships and the last is about the murder.In most murder mysteries, it's just about the murder and its very tense but this felt - I don't know- chiller? The plot twist was right on the last page and leaves you confused and wanting for more. just read it!!!!
At the start i thought Kya murdered Chase. Then i thought it was Tate who did it. The plot twist was just wow.
Graphic: Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, and Murder
Moderate: Classism, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Racial slurs, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Alcohol and Suicidal thoughts
mirroball's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Murder, Racial slurs, and Sexual content
Minor: Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Infertility, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Bullying
thatswhatshanread's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Owens’ writing is poetic and strong, beautiful and sad, honest and rhythmic in a way not often associated with works published in the last ten years. I felt the nuances of Harper Lee coming back to me while reading this one, as Kya’s story of resilience, prejudice, loss, and heartbreak reminded me in ways of “To Kill A Mockingbird”. In both acclaimed novels, there is a clear distinction and cowardice in regards to class and upbringing especially, but also race and education.
“Where The Crawdads Sing” is first a celebration and clarification of nature and its constants, every little piece of the earth that gives and takes, ebbs and flows. I’ve never before read such lyrical accounts of nature and its secrets.
But this is also a book about love, how it flourishes and wants and haunts and disappoints and endures. The emotion over rare feathers easily coincides with the years of affection between friends, lovers, family.
The heavy weight of murder and death hangs over all elements throughout the story, though it never takes away from the poignant, beautiful account of life.
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Grief, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Classism, Murder, and Rape
Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Confinement
Minor: Mental illness and War
lynssss's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Sexual violence, Mental illness, Bullying, and Sexual assault
Minor: Self harm
There's no tag for this but ostracism is a huge theme in the book.sauvageloup's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
(spoilers throughout this review)
pros:
- the writing is just stunning, so visual it's like seeing a misty video in your mind, but with all the emotions attached. I'm not sure I even appreciated it all properly, only stopping to really linger on phrases a couple of times because I was so into the story
- the plot was great too, totally gripping and keeps you guessing till the last page and I was so hooked at the trial, literally couldn't put it down
- part of that was the characters, which were beautiful. I desperately wanted to meet kya in real life, to have someone love me like Tate does her. their relationship and characters were so starkly beautiful. even when they do wrong, you can't stop loving them
- I think Kya's upbringing was respected too. even when she was an adult, she still had that lingering, abandoned girl in her. she thrived despite or because of it, but it still was visibly part of her, not pushed to the side or grown out of. her trauma was still there in her wariness and defiance and silence
- I loved that Mabel and Jumpin were the ones to step up for Kya when she was little. your heart just aches for that little girl, all alone until she's not. the tiny kindnesses of people that should've been so much more
- i loved the ending. it felt almost inevitable, in a perfectly plotted way. it seemed like it couldn't have been her during he trial, but it feels like it must have been at the same time. she knows that Chase won't leave her alone, and she talks about the female insects. that she buried her secret for so long is not unsurprisingly, though I hope she knew Tate would've forgave her. maybe he already guessed.
- also it was just very well done all around. I can't quite say it felt wholly original in all its parts, but it came together in an original and impressive whole. I loved the descriptions of the South that bled through in the food, writing and nature. there was such love there despite the injustice.
- oh I did appreciate that Kya's period and her sexual desire wasn't tip-toed around, though I thought we might get a masturbation scene - Kya is so independent, the idea that she'd let Chase leave her wanting and not fix it or explore herself felt not right. I was glad however that Kya and Tate had a complete life even without children, that's often the heterosexual happy ending and I'm glad they still were happy without that. I wonder if Kya's early malnutrition might've damaged her fertility, since she never conceived with Chase and there was no mention of contraception
- OH and I just loved the nature info, and the poetry quotes. anything chance to learn, I enjoy, but particularly about nature and it was woven so well into the story. I love characters with strong interests.
cons:
- perhaps at the start, the time jumping confused me a bit, but not too bad
- I did find it a bit sad that her growing up was defined a lot by sex and her period. there's other defining features of adulthood than that, more subtle, but there's a lot of focus on those bits
- while I loved Jumpin's character hugely and I know the times in which it was set, if reality was bent enough for Kya to get a perfect love, I wish Jumpin and the other POCs on the story had gotten more justice, more of a plot line somehow. but I guess that would've made the book too big
overall, loved it, would read again. and somebody pls get Kya a cat!!
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual violence, Violence, Abandonment, Sexual content, Confinement, Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Mental illness
sehwa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
I want to start by saying that I read this book in 2 days, super easy and enjoyable read, I wasn't bored when reading at all and I loved the main character, Kya.
However by the end of the book, I felt like the author had started with this amazing idea about a girl who is abandoned to survive on her own and how her life goes with that but... Then she didn't plan the rest of the story, so she thought "how am I going to turn this concept in to a book?" so she threw a load of clichés at it. We have the good guy, we have the asshole guy. The caring sibling, a random murder case (which was ridiculous and not needed in the story at all) and then there is the ending. Which I found pretty predictable for many reason which I can't write.
Kya was an amazing story to tell that I just don't feel the author paid the best tribute to by the end of the book. I enjoyed the first half of the book more than the second half.
Minor: Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Grief, Mental illness, Misogyny, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail