"Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens

A lot of people love this book, but it left a bad taste in my mouth. The human interactions were not very pleasant, and the author is poor at dialogue and motivation. She made the characters seem stilted and unbelievable. It's a pity she's not a better novelist because the close relationship between Kya and nature was a very nice idea. The fact that her entire family abandoned her and that her mother was unable to get her back does not ring true.