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larry_yonce's review against another edition
3.0
Enjoyable. Part mystery, part thriller, part family drama, part romance. Fans of birds and/or gardening may find extra enjoyment as there are several descriptive passages devoted to those subjects. The heroine is quite likable. Several glaring incidents of chance meetings and fortuitous observations....but it IS a small town, so within the realm of possibility I suppose. If certain people had the courage to come forward 25 years ago, this would never have become a "cold case" !
romanici's review against another edition
3.0
Intriguing and unique storyline about a Smithsonian bird artist from the Florida swamps Family issues, past and present, take her back home. The story itself was interesting, kept me reading to see the outcome. I appreciated the closed door romance. The writing was lovely and descriptive, but the dialogue was terrible.
novelvisits's review against another edition
3.0
Thanks to @gallerybooks for an ARC of #TheMarshQueen.
withbdp's review against another edition
4.0
A nice slow-born southern noir. I hate the comparisons to "When the Crawdads Sing" because I feel like this story is soo different.
Yes there are some similarites, small town, murder/true crime, a marsh setting, but that is about it. The story was mysterious and I did guess the culprit as a suspec. I just didn't know the motive and that alone kept me reading. I loved that the ending was not rushed!!!!
The love story between Loni and Adlai was sweet.
Yes there are some similarites, small town, murder/true crime, a marsh setting, but that is about it. The story was mysterious and I did guess the culprit as a suspec. I just didn't know the motive and that alone kept me reading. I loved that the ending was not rushed!!!!
The love story between Loni and Adlai was sweet.
dearkatie's review against another edition
Scenes changed too randomly, characters weren’t introduced properly
katiewuwrites's review against another edition
Using this book as a placeholder for MY FRIEND’S MANUSCRIPT so I can count something for the goodreads challenge
trisha_thomas's review against another edition
1.0
In my first Aadvark Club box!
I see all these 4 & 5 star reviews and I am jealous, I wish I'd loved this one as much as others. But, no, this was a slow, choppy, boring read for me. Nothing happened for at least the first 200 pages. The introduction to the absolute complete WHOLE town took forever, was confusing and left me with characters I definitely didn't care about.
The mystery of what happened to the dad was completely buried behind packing and unpacking boxes, about 1000 visits in a canoe to draw every last bird in Florida, reading her mom's odd herb journal and visiting her mom in a new facility (visits that typically only lasted about 10 mintues). None of these side storylines seemed to really propel the story forward, only gave me more characters (past and current) to confuse and bogged the plot down with useless details. Even blow by blow of the jogs with her brother didn't provide much.
I wish I'd liked this more.
I see all these 4 & 5 star reviews and I am jealous, I wish I'd loved this one as much as others. But, no, this was a slow, choppy, boring read for me. Nothing happened for at least the first 200 pages. The introduction to the absolute complete WHOLE town took forever, was confusing and left me with characters I definitely didn't care about.
The mystery of what happened to the dad was completely buried behind packing and unpacking boxes, about 1000 visits in a canoe to draw every last bird in Florida, reading her mom's odd herb journal and visiting her mom in a new facility (visits that typically only lasted about 10 mintues). None of these side storylines seemed to really propel the story forward, only gave me more characters (past and current) to confuse and bogged the plot down with useless details. Even blow by blow of the jogs with her brother didn't provide much.
I wish I'd liked this more.
beagletracy's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
vanvicki's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
tashasbooked's review against another edition
2.0
I’m between a 1 and 2 star for this…it was so boring and literally emotionless, the characters were dull and unimaginative. I skimmed the last 50%