A beloved literary sensation, it was only a matter of time before a movie adaptation.

Just four years after the book was published,Where the Crawdads Singreceived a major movie adaptation.

Where the Crawdads Sing was a smash-hit bestselling book with a Reese Witherspoon-produced movie adaptation.

Where the Crawdads Sing Movie Poster

But what is a crawdad?

(It’s not a bird.)

Instead, the film makes her learning about it much more impactful from a purely cinematic standpoint.

where the crawdads sing cast and characters guide

The movie makes her learning about it much more impactful from a purely cinematic standpoint.

Where the Crawdads Sing wraps up the story of Kya and the murder trial - albeit controversially.

Here’s the Where the Crawdads Sing ending explained.

A little kya crying in Where the Crawdads Sing

The novel and the movie change some things regarding the final reveal.

That evidence, along with Tate finding her shell necklace, essentially confirms her guilt.

Everything is more complicated than that.

Daisy Edgar Jones on the marsh in Where the Crawdads Sing movie, and the cover of the Where the Crawdads Sing book

The worlds more complicated than that.

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Cast

Chase Andrews standing outside in Where The Crawdads Sing

Daisy Edgar-Jones in the PG-13 rated movie Where the Crawdads Sing

Collage of Kya and a young man in a boat in Where the Crawdads Sing

Headshot Of Daisy Edgar-Jones In The Premiere of ‘Twisters’ at Cineworld Leicester Square.

Headshot Of Taylor John Smith

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Where the Crawdads Sing