A review by magsjopaints
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


This book definitely started out really slow for me, and I’m not gonna lie I had to use an audiobook to help me get into this book. I think after page 144 it started to really pick me for me and it became paced a little bit faster. After that, I didn’t really need the audiobook to help me read it and I was able to read big chunks of the book with no help.

I think that this book definitely represented what it’s like to be truly alone, but still living. Kya didn’t just stay her cabin all day and do nothing. She worked hard to make herself money to get food, and she became one with the land.

As for her love interests, screw Chase Andrews. She should have never even entertained him, that boy was a total douche. I think Tate had the best character development because he realized what he did when he was younger was wrong, and he was to admit that and make a change. 

As for the ending, I felt like it was like lack luster for me. If Kya was the one that killed Chase, why was there literally one paragraph addressing it. The entire book is about this murder so it just felt like i was left hanging. I would have liked to hear what happened for kyas POV instead of Tate just sharing he found the shell necklace.
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