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4.21 AVERAGE
4.21 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
I really didn’t expect to like this book, much less love it, but 10/10 from start to finish. The audiobook’s accent also adds a lot.
emotional
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
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
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I warmed up to the main character and liked the ending.
DNFing for now. i want to love this with my whole heart but i'm just not invested at this moment.
maybe even 4.5? i read it v quickly, i stayed up late every night reading it b/c i didn't want to put it down. at first, i was a bit skeptical. the jumping around between when it start in 1952 when kya is only 6 and then the finding of the dead body in 1969 was a bit jarring, but not too bad. and while i was interested in her story from the start, i was a doubtful that a 6 year old could be that self-sufficient. this continued through when she was 10, by which time everyone in her family had completely deserted her and left her to fend for herself. in some ways, esp when she was younger, it reminded me a bit of island of the blue dolphins.
the book was a bit of a slow burn, but i didn't mind it. i liked that we got to see from tate's POV why he didn't come back after starting college, his decision that their lives were too different was a hard one, but in some ways made sense. even the pacing and way she described the budding relationship with chase was interesting. he certainly seemed to tow the line between d-bag and someone who really did fall for her. why would he bring up marriage if he always knew he would never follow through? i guess just to get in her pants. i cracked up at the beginning of the scene where he accosted her, when she smelled his "breakfast bourbon breath". but in the end, he was the quintessential privileged, entitled white boy, so it's hard to feel bad for him even after he was murdered.
i def didn't see the plot twist coming, that she was the poet AH that she loved so much, and that she really had killed chase. looking back now, it does make total sense. he accosted her that summer, and she was obvs afraid he would do it again, but knew she couldn't go on living in fear. you got to wonder if her editor chose the date to meet up, or she did; how well did she really know the tides? all through the trial, even though she basically opted not to talk about almost anything, i still believed she was innocent! i def thought it was tate somehow, thinking maybe even he used her boat for her some reason. it makes sense that tate would take the necklace, since he obvs loved kya the whole time. it doesn't make sense that chase was still wearing it 4 years later though...but i loved the end where tate finally learns the truth, 40 years later after she died. during the book, i was curious if AH was a real poet, guess not! i'm curious if it's likely someone with her diet and environment would die so young (at 64) from heart failure, but i guess that's not really the point. i'm glad she and tate had 40 years of happiness together, and that her brother jodie and his new fam could be part of that.
i read another review that complained that the author was amazing at describing the natural surroundings, but not great at character development/dialogue. that person wasn't wrong, but it just didn't bother me that much. in some ways it made sense for kya's character development to be a bit stilted, given how alone she was all the time and the lack of socialization/society. it was pretty magical to think a person could be that attuned to their natural environment.
the book was a bit of a slow burn, but i didn't mind it. i liked that we got to see from tate's POV why he didn't come back after starting college, his decision that their lives were too different was a hard one, but in some ways made sense. even the pacing and way she described the budding relationship with chase was interesting. he certainly seemed to tow the line between d-bag and someone who really did fall for her. why would he bring up marriage if he always knew he would never follow through? i guess just to get in her pants. i cracked up at the beginning of the scene where he accosted her, when she smelled his "breakfast bourbon breath". but in the end, he was the quintessential privileged, entitled white boy, so it's hard to feel bad for him even after he was murdered.
i def didn't see the plot twist coming, that she was the poet AH that she loved so much, and that she really had killed chase. looking back now, it does make total sense. he accosted her that summer, and she was obvs afraid he would do it again, but knew she couldn't go on living in fear. you got to wonder if her editor chose the date to meet up, or she did; how well did she really know the tides? all through the trial, even though she basically opted not to talk about almost anything, i still believed she was innocent! i def thought it was tate somehow, thinking maybe even he used her boat for her some reason. it makes sense that tate would take the necklace, since he obvs loved kya the whole time. it doesn't make sense that chase was still wearing it 4 years later though...but i loved the end where tate finally learns the truth, 40 years later after she died. during the book, i was curious if AH was a real poet, guess not! i'm curious if it's likely someone with her diet and environment would die so young (at 64) from heart failure, but i guess that's not really the point. i'm glad she and tate had 40 years of happiness together, and that her brother jodie and his new fam could be part of that.
i read another review that complained that the author was amazing at describing the natural surroundings, but not great at character development/dialogue. that person wasn't wrong, but it just didn't bother me that much. in some ways it made sense for kya's character development to be a bit stilted, given how alone she was all the time and the lack of socialization/society. it was pretty magical to think a person could be that attuned to their natural environment.
Amazing. The novel weaves beautifully the themes of love, survival and friendship, all while showing how prejudice can ruin a person. Owens paints a vivid imagery of the marsh and life surrounding it. All around, a wholesome book.
Eins der besten Bücher, das ich je gelesen hab!! Konnte es nicht mehr weg legen!