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Where the Crawdads Sing: Reese's Book Club (A Novel) (edition 2018)

by Delia Owens (Author)

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For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. She's barefoot and wild; unfit for polite society. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark. But Kya is not what they say. Abandoned at age ten, she has survived on her own in the marsh that she calls home. A born naturalist with just one day of school, she takes life lessons from the land, learning from the false signals of fireflies the real way of this world. But while she could have lived in solitude forever, the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. Drawn to two young men from town, who are each intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new and startling world -- until the unthinkable happens.… (more)
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Title:Where the Crawdads Sing: Reese's Book Club (A Novel)
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Info:G.P. Putnam's Sons (2018), Edition: Later prt., 384 pages
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Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (Author)

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  brenatkinson | Jun 16, 2024 |
Didn't want it to end... absolutely loved it. ( )
  kdegour23 | May 29, 2024 |
4.5 rounded up to 5 ( )
  jj24 | May 27, 2024 |
Der Gesang der Flusskrebse ♦ Delia Owens | Rezension

Mit [b:Der Gesang der Flusskrebse|49864151|Der Gesang der Flusskrebse|Delia Owens|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1563702654l/49864151._SX50_SY75_.jpg|58589364] hat [a:Delia Owens|7043934|Delia Owens|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1524665831p2/7043934.jpg] mit einer zwar anspruchsvollen, aber sehr einfühlsamen Sanftheit des Schreibstils ein Meisterwerk an idyllischen Emotionen geschaffen, wie ich es bisher noch nie gelesen und dabei gefühlt habe.



Meinung

Schreibstil und Charaktere

Owens‘ Protagonisten haben allesamt Hand und Fuss. Sie sind bis ins kleinste Detail durchdacht. Sie wirken so real, dass ich teils das Gefühl hatte einen Erfahrungsbericht, statt eines fiktionalen Romans zu lesen. Jede Beschreibung von Kya und Tate, Jumpin‘ und Mabel, Chase und allen anderen sind sehr präzise ausgearbeitet. Ich fühlte deren Emotionen, ich hörte deren Gedanken in meinem Kopf. Ich wurde zu einem Teil dieses Buches.

Handlung

Der Gesang der Flusskrebse wird in zwei Handlungssträngen erzählt. Der größte und auch wichtigste Strang beschäftigt sich mit Kya und ihrem Leben in den 50er Jahren. Kya ist ein 6-jähriges Mädchen, welches zusammen mit ihren Eltern und Geschwistern in der Marsch in North Carolina lebt. Angefangen bei ihrer Mutter, verlassen nach und nach auch ihre Geschwister die Hütte in der Marsch. Kya wird sprichwörtlich von allen zurückgelassen, um dem gewalttätigen Vater zu entkommen. Doch nicht einer schaut zurück. Ich war fassungslos, dass wirklich jeder sie allein zurückgelassen hat. Über die Jahre hinweg entwickelt Kya eine harmonische Einheit mit der Marsch, der dazugehörigen Flora und Fauna. Das Marschland wird Mutter und Freund zu gleichen Teilen für sie.

Der zweite Strang handelt vom möglichen Mord an Chase Andrews, dem legendären Quarterback des Städtchen Barkley Cove. Chase wird eines Tages tot am Feuerwachturm von zwei Jungen aufgefunden. Von da an beginnt der Sheriff mit den Ermittlungen. Da sich dieser Handlungsstrang eher wenig in der Vordergrund schiebt, wird anfangs nicht ganz klar, was Chase und Kya verbindet. Doch es lässt sich schnell erahnen, dass man dem Marschmädchen, so wird Kya von den Einwohnern von Barkley Cove bezeichnet, verdächtigt. Am Ende des Buches laufen die beiden Stränge ineinander, als die schüchterne Kya wegen Mordes vor Gericht steht. Ich war wie erstarrt, konnte kaum atmen, dass man sie wirklich des Mordes bezichtigte.

‚Manche Menschen können ohne wilde Dinge leben, und manche können das nicht.'


Seite 133 (Kapitel 16), Der Gesang der Flusskrebse
Der Gesang der Flusskrebse hat mich nicht nur im Herzen berührt, sondern auch meine Sicht auf viele Dinge erweitert. Delia Owens ist es gelungen, ein Buch zu schreiben, das unaufdringlich verurteilt, wenn man einen einzigen Menschen wegen seines Andersseins ausgrenzt. Dies bleibt dem Leser aber sehr eindringlich im Gedächtnis. Das Buch bewegt in seiner Gänze tief. Es ist gefüllt mit Hoffnung, Schmerz, Einsamkeit und Liebe, und es war eins meiner Lese-Highlights 2019 werden.

Durch dieses Buch wurde ich eins mit der Marsch, denn Owens‘ klare und sehr bildliche Beschreibung ließ mich einziehen, in die kleine Hütte an der Lagune. Ich tanzte mit den Möwen und hörte die Flusskrebse singen. Nahm Kya in meine Arme, litt mit ihr, fühlte ihre Einsamkeit tief in meinem Herzen und lachte bittersüße Freudentränen mit ihr. Ich wurde Teil dieses Buches. Ich wurde zu Kya.

Fazit

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Dieses Buch hat alles, was ein gutes Buch ausmacht. Der Gesang der Flusskrebse ist berührend und unvergesslich. Eine emotionale Meisterleistung.


This review was first published at The Art of Reading. ( )
  RoXXieSiXX | May 20, 2024 |
I wasn't planning on reading this book, but a friend of mine liked it and thought I would, too. He even lent it to me, so I kind of had to read it.

Abandoned at a young age, Kya managed to survive on her own in the North Carolina marshlands. She was rejected by most of the people in the nearby town, so she spent almost all of her time alone in the marsh. Most of the book switches between Kya's life during the '50s & '60s and a murder investigation & trial in '69/'70.

I wasn't expecting to like this book, but I ended up invested in the story. I felt really bad for Kya and I wanted good things for her. Also, the parts about the marshlands were really interesting.

This has some tough subject matter. Child abuse, abandonment, isolation, attempted rape, and hostility by a community towards a child. ( )
  zeronetwo | May 14, 2024 |
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Steeped in the rhythms and shadows of the coastal marshes of North Carolina’s Outer Banks, this fierce and hauntingly beautiful novel centers on...Kya’s heartbreaking story of learning to trust human connections, intertwine[d] with a gripping murder mystery, revealing savage truths. An astonishing debut.
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A painfully beautiful first novel that is at once a murder mystery, a coming-of-age narrative and a celebration of nature....Owens here surveys the desolate marshlands of the North Carolina coast through the eyes of an abandoned child. And in her isolation that child makes us open our own eyes to the secret wonders—and dangers—of her private world.
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Campbell, CassandraNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Crows can't keep secrets any better than mud; once they see something curious in the forest they have to tell everybody.
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The shack sat back from the palmettos, which sprawled across sand flats to a necklace of green lagoons and, in the distance, all the marsh beyond. Miles of blade-grass so tough it grew in salt water, interrupted only by trees so bent they wore the shape of the wind.
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For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. She's barefoot and wild; unfit for polite society. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark. But Kya is not what they say. Abandoned at age ten, she has survived on her own in the marsh that she calls home. A born naturalist with just one day of school, she takes life lessons from the land, learning from the false signals of fireflies the real way of this world. But while she could have lived in solitude forever, the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. Drawn to two young men from town, who are each intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new and startling world -- until the unthinkable happens.

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