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3.64 AVERAGE
3.64 AVERAGE
A tiny bit A Bug's Life, a little bit Watership Down, and a surprising amount The Handmaid's Tale (minus the ritual rape), I found The Bees to be legitimately compelling. The amount of scientific accuracy worked into a fictional piece, albeit significantly stretched, was pleasant, even as an afterthought. Orwellian in theme, the novel questions the rightness and necessity of uniformity, obedience, and custom. Additionally, the human race, class, and nationalistic parallels to the hive caste system and relations with the outside world is seamlessly written, rather than being pushed heavy-handedly onto the reader. The rarely-paired duo of communist tendencies and religious fanaticism are blended well into the triumphs and woes of the hive and the protagonist, Flora 717. Flora is a strongly identifiable character, and she is very easy to empathize with, despite the fact that she is a worker bee and the reader is, presumably, human. I found myself loathe to put the book down until I finished it, and was even tempted to read it again once I had.
An inventive story about the inner workings of a beehive as told by a most independent and stubborn worker bee originally born in the lowest level of beehive society. It felt like the hive social structure was based on early nunneries. I was hoping for more but it was just an ok read. Too many religious overtones for my taste.
adventurous
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I see according to other comments, I'm obviously an idiot but that's fine. This book was not enjoyable, interesting, intriguing, etc. I couldn't find anything in the first several chapters to motivate me to keep reading it. The best I can say is that it is a little creepy. I just didn't like it at all. Moving on.
This was a weird listen. It's like a contemporary or dystopian story, but told from the view of bees.
Bees are fascinating, I won't argue that, and I do fear for them as a species. If this book might make other aware of what we are doing to them, that would be great, so as we might help them stay alive.
But the story in itself, I'm sorry to say, wasn't that interesting for me. To be honest, I contemplated DNFing it a multitude of times, but didn't because I've been bed bound and am afraid I'll stay so for a while, and so I want to make every audiobook last.
The writing was, as far as I can tell with an audiobook, good and straight forward. I think my mother or aunt would love this book, as it is not a bad book, it just held no interest for me.
What to do if you find a tired bee or bumblebee in your window? Give it a piece of watermelon or apple to suck at. It should restore her energy so she can fly on.
Bees are fascinating, I won't argue that, and I do fear for them as a species. If this book might make other aware of what we are doing to them, that would be great, so as we might help them stay alive.
But the story in itself, I'm sorry to say, wasn't that interesting for me. To be honest, I contemplated DNFing it a multitude of times, but didn't because I've been bed bound and am afraid I'll stay so for a while, and so I want to make every audiobook last.
The writing was, as far as I can tell with an audiobook, good and straight forward. I think my mother or aunt would love this book, as it is not a bad book, it just held no interest for me.
What to do if you find a tired bee or bumblebee in your window? Give it a piece of watermelon or apple to suck at. It should restore her energy so she can fly on.
adventurous
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes