2019/09/11

BOOK REVIEW:
WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING BY DELIA OWENS

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Title: Where the Crawdads Sing
Author: Delia Owens
Published: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 370
Rating: 5/5


Summary:
Set in North Carolina in the 50's and 60's, we meet a young girl determined to make it by herself out in the marsh and tales of her wild life is the stuff of legend in the closest town so when the dead body of a local is found in 1969, the people immediately suspect the infamous Marsh Girl.


Review:
This is the best book I've read all year.

It didn't take me long to feel closely connected to the main character in this and seeing her through her childhood and becoming a young woman was in equal parts painful and beautiful. Seeing her navigate the marsh alongside her isolation and loneliness was amazing and devestating. I also really liked how the author captured how someone can be so adult and yet so innocent and childlike, all at the same time.

The writing is this is excellent, both when it comes to capturing characters, emotions and setting. The author really brings the landscape of this book to life, so much so that I could almost see this whole book as a movie in my head while I was reading.

The mystery part of the story was also intriguing, but for most of the book it sort of just sits in the back and then towards the end, we take a closer look at it, which I thought worked really well.

I cannot say enough good things about this book and I'd highly recommend it to everyone. It's a must read!
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