# Where the Crawdads Sing
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-crawdads-sing/941455
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** books-writing-myths
**Created:** [May 5, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-crawdads-sing/941455 "2021-05-05T17:57:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-crawdads-sing/941455/1 "2021-05-05T17:57:03Z")
Has anyone else read this book? I just finished it and have to say it’s one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. Lately, book endings (and movie endings) have left me very unsatisfied. I’m very happy to say that this book did not.
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### Author:  [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2021, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-crawdads-sing/941455/2 "2021-05-06T12:01:48Z")
I read it some time last year. I liked it overall, but wasn’t that thrilled with the writing. I found the endless description of the landscape, and especially the birds, to be tiresome.
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### Author:  [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2021, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-crawdads-sing/941455/3 "2021-05-06T12:13:06Z")
I just checked it out, and it seems to be held in high regard by both critics and readers. It won some kind of “author’s debut” award.
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### Author:  [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-crawdads-sing/941455/4 "2021-05-06T15:37:25Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#):
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> I read it some time last year. I liked it overall, but wasn’t that thrilled with the writing. I found the endless description of the landscape, and especially the birds, to be tiresome.
I have to confess - I didn’t really read the book. I had it as an audiobook. So maybe listening to the descriptions didn’t seem as endless as reading them would be. I also am interested in flora and fauna so that makes a difference too.
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### Author:  [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-crawdads-sing/941455/5 "2021-05-06T16:07:52Z")
> [@TRC4941](#):
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> I have to confess - I didn’t really read the book. I had it as an audiobook. So maybe listening to the descriptions didn’t seem as endless as reading them would be. I also am interested in flora and fauna so that makes a difference too.
I could see the appeal of that if the reader has a nice voice.
BTW, they’re making a film out of it. It’s a Reese Witherspoon project so maybe will be on HBO like her other productions. I will definitely watch it.
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### Author:  [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2021, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-crawdads-sing/941455/6 "2021-05-06T16:22:08Z")
> [@TRC4941](#):
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> I have to confess - I didn’t really read the book. I had it as an audiobook. So maybe listening to the descriptions didn’t seem as endless as reading them would be.
I have to confess – I have neither read the book nor listened to it on audio book. But as someone who reads a lot of books, I will say that in general, descriptions tend to be _more_ insufferable in audio book format, rather than less. If a written description is long, it’s very easy to skip over it and pick up where the action resumes, but with an audio book, you’re pretty much stuck. I think there is a “skip ahead thirty seconds” feature, or you can skip ahead to the next chapter, but when I try to use those I get a bit lost.
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### Author:  [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-crawdads-sing/941455/7 "2021-05-06T16:39:05Z")
It’s on my list! In fact, it’s on my bedside table. Maybe I’ll move it up in the stack.