"Where the Crawdads Sing". ***SPOILERS***

[raccoon]

I was number 200 and some on the library‘s request list until I was able to borrow this book from a friend.

I managed to hold out through part one. After that I just flip the pages so I’d see how it came out.

There are too many unbelievable things in this book. A six-year-old kid is abandoned by her family and is able to live alone in the marsh for years and years. She does have some interactions with people such as selling her mussels and fish that she catches to locals.

But it’s way too unbelievable to me that she would survive to adulthood without having an accident or having any medical attention. Or starving. Or getting illnesses the people Got at the time such as measles. Or stomach flu. Or even plain old diarrhea. A little child, unattended, could easily die of dehydration. She does get a nail on her foot but miraculously doesn’t get tetanus.

Over a period of about 12 years, she uses her father’s fishing boat and it never needs repairs over all those years. Nor does the shack she lives in start to leak and fall apart or need any other kind of repairs during that period.

As a young adult, Kya doesn’t act real weird as a person who was so isolated probably would act. She’s a little bit of a loner but she manages to adjust pretty well.

I can’t imagine why this is a best seller.