Book Review: Where the Crawdads Sing


My Rating: 5

Short and sweet:
Wow. What can I say about this book? I will start by stating that if you need one amazing book to read this fall (or entire year), don't hesitate to pick up this one.
The writing is delicious and the descriptions of life on the marsh make you feel like you are there. The novel follows Kya, dubbed by locals as the "Marsh Girl", throughout her life on the swamp, with and without her family. It also flashes forward to a mysterious death that happens in town and adds a sense of suspense to the entire ordeal as police try to find out what happened. Spanning the decades, the author did a spectacular job of character evolution and you can see Kya grow and change before your eyes. This is one I will be recommending for months to come and would love to read again. Go get it!

-Laura