Where the Crawdads Sing

This book had been sitting on my kindle for quite some time before I decided to read it. I didn't read any reviews before I started it; I never do, I like to make up my own mind. I've read several reviews now, mostly bad.
I'm not American so I can't comment on the geography of the location, or the vernacular of the people.
What I can say though, is that I enjoyed this book. I found it poignant. Sometimes it moved me to tears, other times it angered me. It engaged me, and in my opinion, that's what a book should do.