Where the Crawdads Sing

I've seen patrons get this book so many times - at one point I think it had 400+ holds? Anyway, I wasn't sure what I was getting into when I got this on audiobook. It's a bit different from what I would usually read and I thought it was good enough to keep me reading.

Beautiful prose. The marsh setting and descriptions are wonderful, reading a bit about Delia Owens it's clear she is a very passionate about wildlife. Kaya is kinda raised by some kindness from a couple of people in her life (especially Jumpin' and his family) and also in part by nature. I think her description of shy, lonesome, beautiful, and a force of nature herself is captured and mixed well to represent that.

I put this as a mystery because it does involve a murder trail. The writing set up is what's happened in the past to current time. So, you're trying to put it together as you go kinda deal.

One part that got me was when she got away from chase andrew's abuse and manipulation...THEN she had the understanding of why her mom left. A full understanding of her mother's decision. This really solidifies him getting murdered for me. (He had it coming!~ *in the style of chicago*) I think the like it or not depends if you like the end. You follow Kaya around through the whole book. She has a trail and everything...but they totally omit her parts of the murder? Even though you follow through the whole book with her the whole time So, the twist can feel rather...meh? weak? Anyway, not that it was out of character for her to murder him. I like the parts about the fire flies and insects taking out their males of the species (feminist message? lol), the poetry she had memorized from an author (I was wondering how she had so much memorized - nah, cause she wrote them!), and the rip tide thing were big indicators for me. But, I'm glad she was able to kill them and have a happy life! yay!