 "When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life–until the unthinkable happens."
My review of Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens.
This slow and steady escape in to the marshlands of the North Carolina coast in the 1960s is indulgent and memorizing. Owens takes you on two adventures: one is trying to solve the murder of a young man whose body was found at the bottom of a fire tower with no clues on how he died. The other is the life of Kya Clark, a young girl left behind by her family and raising herself completely alone. Her skill, bravery and acute attention to the natural world that surrounds her kept my attention. Her marsh home is the only thing that she trusts and when one young man shows her compassion by visiting her and teaching her how to read, she begins to see a side of life and love that she never knew existed. As she grows up, Kya becomes one with the marsh, staying away from people and choosing a solitary life, which is why there are rumors about her and she is called "The Marsh Girl" by the townspeople, who ridicule her and isolate her instead of trying to help her. When a well known boy is found dead, the town immediately point fingers at Kya. As you read the viewpoints of Kya and then the investigators who are looking into the death of Chase Andrews, you see how perceptions can change the entire trajectory of someone's life. I thought this book was beautifully written, with one of the best settings brought to life that I have read in a long time. It's was a truly beautiful and captivating book. (less) |
Ruth Ware always delivers when it comes to interesting and layered characters. The Turn of the Key is a thrilling account of Rowan Caine's experience as a live-in nanny in a luxurious smart home unlike anything she has ever seen. This mystery is the epitome of the saying "if it's too good to be true, it probably is" because even though moving into the home of the Elincourts is an upgrade from her tiny apartment and dead-end job, it comes at a steep price. Every chapter, there is something suspicious that kept me wondering if anyone in this suspenseful book was telling the truth. Which, is obvious in the first page because Rowan is writing a letter to a lawyer, from jail, because she's being held for murder. Who is Rowan? Did she come into the Elincourt's lives for a reason? She should have known something was wrong on the day she interviewed, when one of the children warned her to never come back. With a house full of surveillance cameras and parents who ar...
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