RJ Deeds’s Reviews > Where the Crawdads Sing > Status Update

If you like books with atmosphere and a sense of place, you'll love this. A fantastic novel. Flawed in plot - in parts, yes. Some Deep South stereotypes - yes again. For all that, the sense of place reminds me descriptions in The 39 Steps. Not quite as good as I am Pilgrim. Kya is a great central character. She is alone in the hinterland and we follow her from girl to elder woman. We see what shapes her and why.