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A review by cowboylikemeagan
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
3.0
For me, I think the hype around this book had a negative impact on how I experienced it. I had high expectations and they weren't met at all.
The twist was very predictable, so the 12-hour audiobook felt ploddingly slow at times. Sure, I went back and forth on who I thought the murderer was a few times but wasn't at all surprised at the reveal. It also didn't feel realistic to me that such a pariah of the community wouldn't be convicted regardless of whether she was guilty or not.
I love poetry but even for me the frequent injections of poetry from "Amanda Hamilton" became annoying.
That's not to say this isn't a well written book. There's a lot of beautiful, vivid imagery. But this one just didn't do it for me.
The twist was very predictable, so the 12-hour audiobook felt ploddingly slow at times. Sure, I went back and forth on who I thought the murderer was a few times but wasn't at all surprised at the reveal. It also didn't feel realistic to me that such a pariah of the community wouldn't be convicted regardless of whether she was guilty or not.
I love poetry but even for me the frequent injections of poetry from "Amanda Hamilton" became annoying.
That's not to say this isn't a well written book. There's a lot of beautiful, vivid imagery. But this one just didn't do it for me.