Book Review : Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

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When I end a book feeling good, I consider it worth reading. So far, I have recommended this book to my relatives, friends, and acquaintances who love reading fiction. 



The cover page is mesmerizing and inviting for devouring. The story is set in a backwaters town, Barkley Coves (a fictional town) situated on the North Carolina Coast. 

The plot is descriptive, enthralling, bewitching, and hopeful. The novel narrates the story of a girl, Kya (also known as the 'Marsh Girl') who was left alone to live, learn, and feed herself at the age of six at her deserted and falling shack, built away from the town.

 

Although her intimate confidant (along with marsh and gulls), loneliness, tweaked her. She yearned for the companionship, a connection that could satisfy her soul. 

She let her heart set on two young men, Tate and Chase Andrews. The latter being the heartthrob of the town. Both of them loved her intensely. Tate was the one who helped her immensely in defining her beauty and nurturing her talent in understanding nature and sea and the Marsh. Chase sought her wild beauty and gentle temperament, unlike the other girls of the town.

While reading the book, the astounding explanation of the Marsh and the Swamp transported me to the very area in North Carolina. Stunning and phenomenal description for the nature-lovers in a simple manner. 

There is a murder-mystery plotted in the prologue. Although written well by the author, the plot is predictable and lengthy. 

Kya was independent, strong, and wise. She was shy, skittish, unpredictable, and mysterious to the locals. She cared the least. She contemplated the outcomes. She had issues with trust due to her disturbing childhood. Yet, she saw hope. She knew herself. 

Kya taught me it is all right to be reticent. It is fine to be a social outcast. The past shapes us, but, instead of whimpering about it, we must learn to live in the present. We are far better than we are opinion in of others.  We are unique and we must love our idiosyncrasy. All we need is to give time to ourselves and stand for ourselves.


 
Thank you, Delia Owens, for this book.

P.S.: Kya's real name was  Catherine Danielle Clark

Some of my favorite lines from this book:-
  • I wasn't aware that words could hold so much. I didn't know a sentence could be so full.
  • Unworthy boys make a lot of noise.
  • She knew the years of isolation had altered her behavior until she was different from others, but it wasn't her fault she'd been alone. Most of what she knew, she'd learned from the wild. Nature had nurtured, tutored, and protected her when no one else would.
  • Ya need some girlfriends, hon, ’cause they’re furever. Without a vow. A clutch of women’s the most tender, most tough place on Earth. (For all my girlfriends).
  • And many more.

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