Where the Crawdads Sing

A #1 New York Times Best Seller and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick, Where the Crawdads Sing is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder. Owens reminds us that we are forever shaped by the children we once were, and that we are all subject to the beautiful and viol...show more

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384 pages

Average rating: 8.19

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jmarinarenee
Mar 20, 2024
5/10 stars
I enjoyed listening to this one. Good storyline, good plot twist. Was it completely worth the hype? Not necessarily, but I did enjoy it still and the movie was decent too. ☺️
trinabean724
Mar 19, 2024
10/10 stars
Kya’s marsh is a beautiful. The marsh itself is its own character in the book.
Rheanon
Mar 02, 2024
10/10 stars
Beautiful and hard to put down.
MrsFigg
Feb 08, 2024
9/10 stars
Follows the story of Kya Clarke ("The Marsh Girl"), who is left living with her alcoholic and abusive father at a young age after he drives her mother and siblings away. Eventually her somewhat absent father completely disappears. And Kya is then left to fend for her self; cooking and cleaning in the family shack, heading into town barefoot on her boat to buy food she with the small amount of money she earns from fishing. Here she befriends the ...read more
readlikeapriss
Jan 28, 2024
10/10 stars
This book was so well written and had so many memorable quotes. I felt so many things and fell in love with the characters. I didn’t want this to end

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