Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

78 reviews

zams's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Such an atmospheric and beautiful read, I absolutely loved the descriptions of the scenery and what they meant for Kya.
Kya's story definitly had me in my feelings and the murder had me guessing who did it in-between, but I felt like the main focus was on her life and how the surroundings played such a huge role in it.
All in all a great scenic story, an atmospheric read with the tension of a murder mystery woven in.
Allthough the ending wasn't really surprising to me, I still think it was fitting, however, definitly could have used a little more work, it was rather quick and didn't feel very thought through, but as I said the focus was more on the story than the murder-mystery in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Murder and Violence

Minor: Terminal illness, Sexual content, Infertility, Infidelity, and War

tiffyd's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Grief, Racism, Alcoholism, Classism, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, and Car accident

sofialeser's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Violence, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, Rape, and Bullying

Minor: Murder, Death, Infidelity, War, Infertility, and Death of parent

simply_fran's review

dark emotional informative mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Murder, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Infertility, and Racism

Minor: Cancer

lee_brahms's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Infidelity

raderm1's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Racial slurs

Minor: Cancer, Murder, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Blood, Classism, Death of parent, Infertility, and Injury/Injury detail

audreyxine's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I have complicated thoughts about this book. I very much enjoyed it, but I would have liked to see more of Kaya's relationships that weren't centered around romantic partners. The ending conflicts me

Spoiler

because Kaya's death spoiled the sweetness of her victory. But it was interesting to see the conclusion of Chase's murder.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Sexism

Moderate: Car accident, Murder, and Infidelity

Minor: Infertility

kat_rowlen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

LOVED this book one of my all time favorites 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Murder, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Infidelity

eleni_erato's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Abandonment

Moderate: Sexism, Infidelity, and War

Minor: Infertility and Suicidal thoughts

bookellys's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I am just speechless! What.A.Book!

From the beautifully descriptive writing that meant I could picture the marsh, to the mixture of murder mystery, coming of age and romance - this book is something special.

I felt so investing in the characters (Jumpin’ and Mabel have a place in my heart forever), and felt genuine anxiety waiting for trial verdict to come in.

I can’t believe this sat on my #tbr for so long - if you haven’t read it yet, make it your next read, it’s got to be one of my favourite books ever!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence, Domestic abuse, Xenophobia, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Murder, and Child abuse

Minor: Infidelity, Grief, Racism, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent