“Kya remembered Ma always encouraging her to explore the marsh: “Go as far as you can—way out yonder where the crawdads sing.”

Kya Clark has always lived in the marsh. She is one with nature and likes to be surrounded in the safe space of the marsh with her sea gulls. However she’s not that keen on people. When a popular inhabitant of the nearest town of Barkley Cove is found dead, the towns people immediately think about the odd, wild and uncivilized Marsh Girl.

With the movie insight, it releases in July, I needed to read this now. And let me tell you, like they say in The Netherlands, as a girl born out of clay with a love for everything green, I really loved this. This story is more than just a thriller or a coming of age novel. It also deals with prejudice from communities, isolation and the primal feeling of everyone to belong to a group. Who doesn’t relate to that? Everyone has some urge to isolate but on the other hand feel connected. It’s also a love story about nature. It’s detailed description of the marsh, it’s critters and the phonetically written Southern accent made me feel really connected to Kya and even more so to the nature she loves so deeply.
It’s a heartfelt story with some sappy moments, but it leaves a mark. And y’all aren’t ready for this plot twist. I would recommend this to everyone interested in a book about nature with a mystery element. But do check out TWs before you pick it up.