Where the Crawdads Sing

by Delia Owens | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 1472154665 Global Overview for this book
Registered by dododumpling of St. Neots, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on 10/18/2021
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Journal Entry 1 by dododumpling from St. Neots, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Monday, October 18, 2021
For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say.

Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life - until the unthinkable happens.

Journal Entry 2 by dododumpling at St. Neots, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Thursday, November 11, 2021
I'd wanted to read this for ages as I'd heard such positive things about it, but I didn't enjoy as much as I'd expected to.
My main problem was that I couldn't believe that a family could desert a six-year old, that a community would turn a blind eye to this, and that she could survive.
But also, the characters felt somewhat shallow. They were either Good or Horrid. Sure, Pa had his moments, and Tate rejected Kya for a while but on the whole they were very one-dimensional.
We were told that Kya was lonely. But not shown how this manifested itself.
Kya's transformation from illiterate Marsh Girl to respected authority on the local ecosystem, accomplished painter and writer, was somewhat extreme.
I'm still pondering over the ending (I don't want to give away and spoilers but my problems are all to do with the plotting).
And there were endless references to food.
It all left me wondering if I was missing something? Why do so many people rave about this book when I read it, enjoyed it on a superficial level, and will now forget it?

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