Delia Owens wanted for murder in Zambia

[Anonymous]

Not sure how this story hasn’t gotten more traction. I hated her book and thought it was racist claptrap. Now I know why.

https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2022/07/where-the-crawdads-sing-delia-mark-owens-zambia-murder/670479/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab

[Anonymous]

Um, holy crap.

[Anonymous]

Yeah that article is bonkers. Also, the part where she makes the African acquaintance out to be some childlike simpleton, asking if airplanes fly up to the stars? The journalist tracked him down, and dude had served in the Zambian Air Force 😂

[Anonymous]

Somehow I doubt she gets extradited

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Somehow I doubt she gets extradited

I think she’s just wanted for questioning. Sounds like her son is the one who killed the guy.

[Anonymous]

That article was interesting but so sensationalized. The book was supposedly about the murder because it took place in Georgia and there was a murder in the book?

There are a million books about murders. (Even some books by murderers.) This book? Not about that murder.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Somehow I doubt she gets extradited

I think she’s just wanted for questioning. Sounds like her son is the one who killed the guy.

Fortunately for them, they're American and the murder happened in Zambia. It will end up as a line on her wikipedia page and nothing more.

[Anonymous]

OP here, and I don’t think it matters whether the book is about the murders themselves. What matters is that she and her family behave like old school colonialists toward Zambians they supposedly work alongside. And that this same attitude is thinly veiled in her mega blockbuster with a movie about to make her even more money. How is no one bringing this story up on the eve of the movies release?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, and I don’t think it matters whether the book is about the murders themselves. What matters is that she and her family behave like old school colonialists toward Zambians they supposedly work alongside. And that this same attitude is thinly veiled in her mega blockbuster with a movie about to make her even more money. How is no one bringing this story up on the eve of the movies release?

Anyone else convinced the movie will be a major flop? I loved the book.

[Anonymous]

Terrible book. I’ve also wondered why no one cares about her sketchy past. It’s been known and written about for years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, and I don’t think it matters whether the book is about the murders themselves. What matters is that she and her family behave like old school colonialists toward Zambians they supposedly work alongside. And that this same attitude is thinly veiled in her mega blockbuster with a movie about to make her even more money. How is no one bringing this story up on the eve of the movies release?

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

I’ve never read the book but this story has definitely been reported in the media before because I’ve read about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure how this story hasn’t gotten more traction. I hated her book and thought it was racist claptrap. Now I know why.

https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2022/07/where-the-crawdads-sing-delia-mark-owens-zambia-murder/670479/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab

Agree. I hated that book.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure how this story hasn’t gotten more traction. I hated her book and thought it was racist claptrap. Now I know why.

https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2022/07/where-the-crawdads-sing-delia-mark-owens-zambia-murder/670479/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab

Agree. I hated that book.

that book was HORRIBLE. I forced myself to finish it since everyone said how great it was so I assumed I just hadn't got to the good part yet ... nope all bad. I don't understand how it's so well loved.

[Anonymous]

The book sucked.