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Post by littlereader on Feb 12, 2020 12:20:16 GMT
I was looking forward to reading this one for so long and heard such good things, but had very mixed feelings, some nice evocation of the natural world and environment, but some important parts of the story were so very rushed when I wanted them explored much more carefully and needed more depth, especially the family estrangement, other parts really dragged along when I wanted it to move on, and sometimes this irritated me. The writing didn't make me feel attached to the characters strongly. I'm glad I've read it though as I would have always been curious otherwise and I'm glad so many people enjoyed it.
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Post by mandyj on Feb 23, 2020 10:54:06 GMT
Finally got this from the library - it's taken a while. For me this is a "good bad" book - I enjoyed reading it, it kept me engaged, but there are so many inconsistencies, things that really do beggar belief. And just when did she go to the dentist? And there must have been times when she got ill - how did she survive? And would none of her siblings really not gone to see how she was? So was she in disguise on the bus? Hmmmm......probably a book not to dwell on too much.
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Post by jubee4 on Feb 26, 2021 10:07:55 GMT
back in August 2020. Praised alot in Clare Mackintosh Book Club on Facebook... here's my review from Goodreads in case you're not a friend of mine on there..
I'd give it more than 5 stars if I could. How people can say it's hard to get into, I don't know. Maybe their previous book is still on their mind or they've not had a break long enough in between books but this really is just beautiful, knowledgeable and very well done.
I just cannot praise this book high enough!
I had thought during the court case, why didn't they put Kya on the stand but maybe it helps the book that they didn't. You'll know what I mean if/when you've read the book.
Certainly a coming of age story about Kya and you can't help but grow fond of her and get attached and even be upset that the story is finished. Not all stories finish off telling how the main characters go on with the rest of their lives but this one does and closes the story beautifully.
Some parts of this story early on brings to mind a dream I had once, which I'd forgotten about until now, about survival on your own in a great expanse of wild wooded space.
Knowledge of the nature is just breathtaking which makes the story all the more realistic that someone on their own, totally abandoned, would turn to noticing nature and have time to draw and paint.
Before reading this I had "The Great Alone" by Kristin Hannah on a pedestal but now this one is right up there, if not right beside.
I find it funny though that there was some difficulty in reading some of the accents but I imagined an American south accent and just as I was getting my head around it, it stopped and I think it was only Jumpin' that was speakin like that.
I really really hope that Reece Witherspoon does make this into a film. I know I'll need a big box of tissues.
It is a slower pace to romance and definitely crime thriller but please DO give it a chance.
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Post by jessieloo22 on Feb 26, 2021 21:40:03 GMT
I thought it was amazing. I wasn’t too excited by the blurb but I was hooked after about two chapters. I’m still thinking about it a week,after and want everyone to read it. And that ending, wow,
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Post by jubee4 on Feb 28, 2021 8:08:13 GMT
Looking forward to the film although it seems to have gone quiet. Probably waiting patiently for restrictions to lift. I remember seeing the actors announced for the 3main characters 👍📚
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wyres
Agatha Christie Whodunnit
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Post by wyres on Sept 5, 2022 7:54:41 GMT
I have just been looking through some of the old posts of books that have been read in the Quarterly Book Club and spotted that way back in 2019 you read Where the Crawdads Sing. I have just read it for a book group that I am in.
Here are my thoughts that I shared on my blog and Goodreads.
I gave it 4 stars or 8/10.
This book took some getting into for any number of reasons, but once I did get into it I was hooked and my head was second guessing what was actually happening. I think the fact that it was told from multiple POVs and jumped around in time didn't help, this doesn't normally bother me but for some reason I found it hard keeping track with this one early on and found that it helped to read it in larger chunks.
Telling the story of Kya Clark, known by many as the 'Marsh Girl' due to the nature of the way she lived. When Kya is suspected and accused of killing Chase Andrews due to her solitary and unusual way of life, it's not known whether or not she is actually capable of committing such a crime or whether it's down to the fear that the locals have of her that's causing her to be a prime suspect.
This is a story that shows how society can show bias towards people that they are unsure of and do not understand. It shows us how isolation can not always be a good thing and that as a race, we humans benefit from the interactions that we have others (most of the time). The author portrayed the countryside and environment that the story took place in well, making you almost feel as if you were there with the characters experiencing all that the area had to offer them.
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