A review by dishwaterpossum
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

challenging emotional reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I absolutely loved the first 10% of the book. Such gorgeous nature prose. And it went downhill from there. Uncomfortable sexy time moments, but mainly uncomfortable because of how they were written. A 70 year old white author writing the words of a black man in the 1960’s…. Could have been better. 

The whole
court session felt a little bit too step by step but it wasn’t the worst
. 

If the book had been as good as the first 10%, it would have been a 5 star read. Maybe even a future reread. 
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