Where the Crawdads sing: Book review


Book review 

Title: Where the crawdads sing
Author: Delia Owens
Genre: Literary fiction 

'Where the Crawdads sing' is a story centered around the trials and tribulations of a marsh girl's life.  

Set in coast town of  NorthCarolina, there are many alleged rumors about the Marsh girl namely Kya. Kya,however, is just a lonely child abandoned by her family. She treats the marsh  as her mother and finds solace in the sea gulls and herons around the area.  She doesn’t know to read or write but can read nature and tides to perfection. 

 As Kya comes of age, she has a couple of affairs- one particularly with Chase Andrews- a popular athlete in town. When Chase Andrews is found murdered, all blame falls on Kya, ultimately leading to a heated debate and drama inside the courtroom.  

This is a book that is a coming of age story as well as a murder mystery, which makes it quite an engaging read. The debut author in her lucid style of writing describes the beauty of desolated marshlands of North Carolina through the eyes of a little girl. Some of the descriptions of the marsh tends to remind one of Amitav Ghosh's 'book-The hungry tide'.  

Themes of family, change and loneliness are also explored here.  The court room drama keeps the readers on the edge of the seat. This story also reiterates the fact that Mother Nature tends to nurture those souls who have no-one else to care for them. 

The character of Kya elicits both sympathy and admiration from the readers. Heartbreaking, enticing and haunting, 'Where the Crawdads sing' is a book that is lyrical, poignant and a wonderful tribute to nature.

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