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A review by jacinderr
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
The prose and writing was beautiful and I loved the marsh ecology incorporated into the story. The characters were enjoyable but I didn’t absolutely love them. The plot was pretty predictable it felt like any story abt prejudice with a court case you had to read in school.
But the courtroom stuff and detective stuff had me laughing bc it felt like an old timey murder mystery with the mustache twirling detective and I just couldn’t take it seriously. But I cared abt the character enough to want to see how it ended.
It was a good book overall just not anything new or revolutionary. Glad I read it tho for the lush nature descriptions
(Also the author does that thing where she quotes poetry from a character in the book she wrote and that always comes off kinda silly and pretentious to me but it wasn’t bad so I’ll let it slide)
But the courtroom stuff and detective stuff had me laughing bc it felt like an old timey murder mystery with the mustache twirling detective and I just couldn’t take it seriously. But I cared abt the character enough to want to see how it ended.
It was a good book overall just not anything new or revolutionary. Glad I read it tho for the lush nature descriptions
(Also the author does that thing where she quotes poetry from a character in the book she wrote and that always comes off kinda silly and pretentious to me but it wasn’t bad so I’ll let it slide)