Something must be very wrong with me! I just can’t get I to Where the Crawdads Sing! Anyone else?
Something must be very wrong with me! I just can’t get I to Where the Crawdads Sing! Anyone else?
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It took me a good long while to get into it but it was worth it in the end
I couldn’t either. I returned it before finishing it.
I didn’t love it but I’m glad I stuck it out.
@Landry, agree!
It is slow but does pick up….the last 25% I could barely put the book down.
Hang in…it is worth it.
i thought it was just ok
Took me a while to get into.
I hate when I can’t get into a book that I swear EVERYONE loved. That happened to me with “What Alice Forgot”.
@Tricia I felt that way about Eleanor olifant (sp?) and class mom.
@Cricket I LOVED Class mom, but totally had a hard time with Eleanor.
@Tricia exact same for me.
I was a quarter of the way through the book and just couldn’t get into it. Then I actually started listening to the audio and it was enough to get me past the hump and I was hooked.
Me too. I started and stopped several times. It does pick up but it still I think it was ok. Not all that.
My mom didn’t really like it. Two dear friends of mine really loved it. Haven’t read it yet, but I fully expect to be underwhelmed. We’ll see. ?♀️
Totally overrated. Swamps are not for me, I suppose.
I’m conflicted because it was written beautifully but I thought highly unrealistic and I saw the end coming – which I hate!!
@Karen it’s a work of fiction. Unrealistic goes hand in hand with fiction
@Erina I would disagree with that. There are some categories of fiction where you can bend the rules, but if it doesn’t seem plausible that’s a big turnoff for me. It’s ficition, not fantasy, and sometimes this book tipped into the latter for me it seemed so implausible.
@Kelly if it weren’t so late I’d ask you to expound on what parts because I can probably find a real life scenario to support just about anything. Heck just read Educated and you’ll see a ‘true’ story that mirrors a lot of what Kya experienced.
@Erina We can check in tomorrow after the caffeine kicks in 😉 haha but a lot of my issue was actually the crime part. I’m a true crime addict (which makes me sound creepier than I am) and my husband is a lawyer; a lot of it just didn’t jive with the time period, etc.
@Kelly you don’t sound creepy at all and I haven’t even had caffeine yet! ?
@Kelly Same here! Do you listen to My Favorite Murder? SSDGM!
@Erina Kya could actually survive alone without heat in primitive conditions? The truant officers left her alone? There were no wild animals, predators of any kind in the swamps? She could maneuver a boat and operate it? She learned to read so easily. There were so many other fantasies.
@Karen I sure do! Elvis, wanna cookie? 😉
So, Margaret brought up several of the things that bothered me. But what really got to me was just the way it piled on. Like, okay, I can believe than an entire family abandoned this little girl to her abusive father. And I can believe that a prejudiced town turned their back on her. I have a harder time believing the dad would just up and leave too though – mean, controlling drunks don’t tend to just leave all of their possessions, including the boat which is how he made a livelihood. But, okay fine, I’ll believe that too. She only goes to school once, a seven year old is outsmarting adults, etc. Then she learns to read when another kid teaches her, and she doesn’t struggle with it at all. She’s not just reading for pleasure but she’s reading scientific papers and other scholarly works, just immediately absorbing the information and retaining it all. Then, because she’s ~ one with nature ~ she becomes this leading expert on marsh land. Suddenly, all these academics are taking her seriously because she can draw and label things. And, she makes a boatload of money by doing it, even though she literally has no education at all. And THEN I’m also expected to believe that she essentially committed the perfect crime? She had an alibi set up, she knew exactly what kind of evidence the police would look for, she got a lawyer to come out of retirement and represent her for free?
It was just too much for me.
@Kelly totally agree!! And SSADGM!!!
You’re not the only one…it wasn’t my favorite.
I’m in the middle right now and am loving it. I wasn’t sure, but I really like it.
I struggled to get into it and found it to be just ok.
It took me a while, but it was worth sticking to it.
Me either
I listened to it and really enjoyed it. I didn’t really like the main character all that much, but I liked several of the supporting ones, and thought it was well written.
Yes! Yes! A million times YES!!!
But. I’m gonna finish this because The Bitters said to. And I trust them. They didn’t let me down when I wanted to quit Evelyn Hugo. They won’t let me down with the marsh girl & her asshat townie boyfriend.
“The marsh girl & her asshat townie boyfriend” ???
@Kelly chase is such a dickweek. Poor girl doesn’t know any better. BUT I DO!!! (Because I read books like this ?)
It’s just bound to get better or people wouldn’t love it, right?!? ?
@Megan It is the perfect description, I love it.
I think it does get better. But, like I said down below, I didn’t end up loving it so “better” is pretty subjective.
loved it!
It’s slow at first but then I couldn’t put it down.
No one book is loved by everyone. Maybe, a majority. Move on if you want.
I’m glad I finished it but the first half was a chore.
It took me awhile to get into it but it turned out to be one of my all time favorites! I’ve since read two other Delia Owens books. They are very different from Crawdads
@Joan I believe her others are non-fiction about her and her husband’s work with wildlife?
@Erina Yes they are and are excellent! First time I’ve cried at an epilogue and I did when I read the book about their first ten years in Africa. Brave and wonderful souls doing something they loved and believed in with their hearts
Took me FOREVER to get into it but then I did end up liking it.
Oh no…I loved it! Keep going…it gets better!
LOVED IT!!
Your choice but it does get better towards the backend of the book just PLEASE do not give up on it because you find it implausible, it’s a work of fiction after all.
I absolutely loved the book, it took me a while to get into it but it is my very favorite book.
Loved it.
I finished it but did not love it. I thought it was juvenile and contrived. The end was better than the beginning but it wasn’t great to me.
I’m having the same trouble, but friends who have read it say to stick with it, and I plan to continue reading.
@Karen , I’ve read a couple pages a day and for some reason thay’s all I can do. I want someone to rescue Kya and drown her dad!
I loved it
Now please bear with me but this that’s how my brain works sometimes. And it sounds really stupid it is really stupid but I just seen crawdads and singing I was thinking what the hell! Singing crawdads wait a minute! I’m sorry for interrupting but I just thought you guys might find that funny because I certainly did. That just goes to show you should read the whole thing! Happy reading
Loved it
I finished it and think it was worth it, but it was not one of those “Oh my gosh I love it so much” books for me. I was one of those people who found it hard to suspend my disbelief; I’m usually pretty forgiving, but I just kept going “This wouldn’t happen. This wouldn’t happen. This following this wouldn’t happen” lol. Plus I thought a lot of the dialogue was cringey.
I hit enter on accident, so edited to add: In the end though, I thought it was a pretty good book. Not one of my faves, but definitely worth reading.
@Kelly yes! You have to suspend belief while reading. And that’s hard to do!!!!
Just left my Book Club and we all loved it?
Oh I loved it.
I loved the beginning then found it pretty cliched by the end.
I loved the beginning then found it pretty cliched by the end.
I thought it was beautifully written, especially the descriptions of the natural area! ??
You can definitely tell she’s a nature writer first.
I’ve started it twice and left it for other books. Will go back.
It was ok. I finished it, but wasn’t wild for it as so many others are. I had a hard time with it just not being believable.
I’m not done. But the pro bono lawyer coming out of retirement?!? Ffs.
I cannot suspend THAT much reality. Just… no.
I feel like the two of us could have had a podcast where it’s just us going back and forth saying, “This wouldn’t happen!” over and over again.
@Kelly people would loooooove us!!!! ?
It took about 2/3 of the way on to get interesting. I felt the same way you did!
Took me a while but I’m interested now
I struggled through it. I thought the author was way too flowery in her descriptions. I kept at it and did enjoy it, but it took me a while
One of my most favorite books of the year so far
I really loved it!
Keep going
I was kind of “meh” about it as well.
I read the sample from Amazon and didn’t get hooked so didn’t buy it…
It took me until well past half way to get into it
It is a bit slow as it unfolds, but well worth it.
I loved it but everyone has different tastes, if you can’t get into it don’t force yourself. Pick another book you have been wanting to read, then maybe if you are still interested go back to it. Life is too short to force yourself to finish a book you aren’t into, there are way too many books out there waiting to be read ?
That is what I did and now it’s my favorite book, I will read it again I’m sure.
Me too!
It was not my favorite, but I finished it and it was not the worst book, either.
It gets better
I loved it
Keep reading
^^^ what she says;)
Audiobook is better.
I skimmed the whole book. Never really cared for it. Sorry to those who loved it!
I loved it..
So do I. I am trying to download the book, after reading the sample, but for some reason I’m unable to do this. We have had lots of rain and wind today, and others are having trouble, too. I WILL read this book!!! Sometime soon, I hope.
I didn’t even try
I didn’t care for it either.
I just finished it on audiobook. I loved it. It was hard to get into, but then I was hooked.
I needed about 100 pages but then I loved it.
~Lisa
@John Connie started it and doesn’t love it either.
@Christy it takes a while. Her writing style is different.
Definitely something wrong with you
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I just came from hearing her talk about it here in DC and after her comments I have to read it again. Loved it anyway, and now I love her!