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Posted on January 5, 2021May 22, 2022

Where the crawdads sing by Delia Owems. I just finished reading this. I sometimes find


Where the crawdads sing by Delia Owems.
I just finished reading this. I sometimes find bestsellers hard to read as other people's opinions and thoughts weight heavily on my own. It's not that I allow other reader's thoughts intrude on mine, it's just that I don't want to offend a fellow reader's book taste.
This is a taste thing. I feel grumpy after reading this book. I appreciate the author's writing of the landscape and nature. I appreciate the different idea of a girl living in a marsh in seclusion. I appreciate how the girl's isolation is depicted. All these elements work well.
What didn't work for me as a reader was the mish mash of genres. Is this book a Mills and boons as it certainly verges into that that at times. Is it a crime thriller? Kinda but the court scenes where the main character is set before a jury are so weak, boring and the dialogue needs reworking. Is it a film script? Oh yes, it is and that's the main problem for me. I know that when we write that images are conjured up can be film like but this story or novel really feels like it was written or rewritten with a silver screen on mind. Especially the ending which I was not one bit surprised by.
Apparently Daisy Edgar Jones is being mentioned to play Kya, the main character. Let's hope Daisy can make Kya somewhat appealing or fun to be with. I couldn't understand why anyone would want to spend time with Kya as she was portrayed as being joyless.
Gosh this is harsh and now it's awkward but I have to ask what did you think of the best selling novel/film that is the Crawdads?

Posted on January 5, 2021February 16, 2023

Where the crawdads sing by Delia Owems. I just finished reading this. I sometimes find


Where the crawdads sing by Delia Owems.
I just finished reading this. I sometimes find bestsellers hard to read as other people's opinions and thoughts weight heavily on my own. It's not that I allow other reader's thoughts intrude on mine, it's just that I don't want to offend a fellow reader's book taste.
This is a taste thing. I feel grumpy after reading this book. I appreciate the author's writing of the landscape and nature. I appreciate the different idea of a girl living in a marsh in seclusion. I appreciate how the girl's isolation is depicted. All these elements work well.
What didn't work for me as a reader was the mish mash of genres. Is this book a Mills and boons as it certainly verges into that that at times. Is it a crime thriller? Kinda but the court scenes where the main character is set before a jury are so weak, boring and the dialogue needs reworking. Is it a film script? Oh yes, it is and that's the main problem for me. I know that when we write that images are conjured up can be film like but this story or novel really feels like it was written or rewritten with a silver screen on mind. Especially the ending which I was not one bit surprised by.
Apparently Daisy Edgar Jones is being mentioned to play Kya, the main character. Let's hope Daisy can make Kya somewhat appealing or fun to be with. I couldn't understand why anyone would want to spend time with Kya as she was portrayed as being joyless.
Gosh this is harsh and now it's awkward but I have to ask what did you think of the best selling novel/film that is the Crawdads?

Rozz's books

Tender
3 of 5 stars
Tender
by Belinda McKeon
Davy Byrnes Stories 2014
4 of 5 stars
Davy Byrnes Stories 2014
by Sara Baume
Foster
5 of 5 stars
Foster
by Claire Keegan
Superb, perfect short story telling from the genius of the form.
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned
4 of 5 stars
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned
by Wells Tower
hilarious and dark and funked up!
The Good House
1 of 5 stars
The Good House
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