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A review by brittanykroeckel
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
3.75
Overall, wonderfully written, ending out everything with a place by the conclusion of the book. Had a nice and simple underlying theme of people moving past preconceived notions about someone. I’m glad that the family dynamic rested as each person left. It wasn’t as if people magic came back and there was a happy family again (minus Jodie’s later appearance), the author remained sturdy in the acknowledgment that there was no family there or coming back ever.
At first, the whole murder trial seemed really random to me. This clears up at the end of the book, but it first felt that it was a sharp turn into filler for content. Seemed out of place. Going off that, since she did kill Chase, how did that even come to be? She was known as a shy quiet girl but what was her thought process or what made her snap to kill someone? Maybe I’m just into that content too much and it would’ve altered the mood of the story, but it was definitely unexpected and, again, out of place.
Next, parts of Kya seemed supernaturally unlikely. The ability to write all these books with no education and learning here and there through Tate and life experience? There’s some slight probability, but I personally felt that it wasn’t likely. Love interest seemed a little shallow but I appreciate that it wasn’t the main component of the story.
All in all, I enjoyed the book.
At first, the whole murder trial seemed really random to me. This clears up at the end of the book, but it first felt that it was a sharp turn into filler for content. Seemed out of place. Going off that, since she did kill Chase, how did that even come to be? She was known as a shy quiet girl but what was her thought process or what made her snap to kill someone? Maybe I’m just into that content too much and it would’ve altered the mood of the story, but it was definitely unexpected and, again, out of place.
Next, parts of Kya seemed supernaturally unlikely. The ability to write all these books with no education and learning here and there through Tate and life experience? There’s some slight probability, but I personally felt that it wasn’t likely. Love interest seemed a little shallow but I appreciate that it wasn’t the main component of the story.
All in all, I enjoyed the book.