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_adrireads's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
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? Yes
4.25
tiffabell's review against another edition
4.0
A delicately woven fairytale told through short stories that interconect to tell a larger tale. This book takes me back to ready fairytales as a child but these are alot darker and much more mystical. It took me a while to get into the feel of the book as each tale is rather short but I began to really enjoy and then fall into the stories. Such a good book to read during Perth's heatwave
printzgirl's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
marlanareads's review against another edition
5.0
I think this is going to be one of my favorite reads of the year.
Honeycomb is incredibly poetic, witty, and lyrical.
I found myself laughing out loud many times and the ending made me tear up.
Honeycomb is a collection of dark fairy tales, but Honeycomb is really a collection of tales about human nature, curiosity, adventure, and love.
Five out of five from me.
Honeycomb is incredibly poetic, witty, and lyrical.
I found myself laughing out loud many times and the ending made me tear up.
Honeycomb is a collection of dark fairy tales, but Honeycomb is really a collection of tales about human nature, curiosity, adventure, and love.
Five out of five from me.
cathreiding's review against another edition
5.0
This may have taken me awhile to read, but it was absoluetely worth it. Written in an extremely poetic style, I loved this book of 100 short stories which, though at first may not seem to connect, in the end are woven by deft hands into a beautiful quilt depicting interconnected worlds and winding paths. It is not a thriller, it's not very romantic... but it is beautiful and I know I've written that word a lot, but it's because it's the only way I know how to describe it.
marlene061313's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
3.0
annie_l_h's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Truly this was five stars for me. I can’t think of a single thing about this book that I didn’t like. It draws you into its magical little world and keeps you there. I loved the way that the stories were short so it was easy to find stopping points, but they all were interconnected and had a very clear moral. This felt like fairytales for adults, and it was perfect. Maybe this book really is a little portal into the realm of the Silken Folk :)
grantahedrick's review against another edition
3.0
Stories of anger, joy, grief, love, and loss are woven through by threads to build this swirling and complex tapestry. Harris has built a multi-dimensional world with Honeycomb and will transport you to many realms during it's telling.
With brief chapters that fluctuate between fables, children's stories with morals at their core, and the overarching narrative of the powerful Lacewing King you will be able to pick up and put down this book at any time. Which is both it's strength and one of the reasons it took me so long to finish. The brief nature of the sometimes 3 page chapters made it perfect for light reading, but it did not have that gripping factor that makes a book impossible to put down.
The worlds of Honeycomb are numerous, and always painted with just enough detail to seem familiar, but you can never pin one down. The fabric of the universe between these worlds is what is truly fantastical and intriguing though. You will feel very much like you are in a world of myth and fables as you read these stories and see the connecting threads.
If you like folklore and fable, complex characters, and light reading: read this book!
With brief chapters that fluctuate between fables, children's stories with morals at their core, and the overarching narrative of the powerful Lacewing King you will be able to pick up and put down this book at any time. Which is both it's strength and one of the reasons it took me so long to finish. The brief nature of the sometimes 3 page chapters made it perfect for light reading, but it did not have that gripping factor that makes a book impossible to put down.
The worlds of Honeycomb are numerous, and always painted with just enough detail to seem familiar, but you can never pin one down. The fabric of the universe between these worlds is what is truly fantastical and intriguing though. You will feel very much like you are in a world of myth and fables as you read these stories and see the connecting threads.
If you like folklore and fable, complex characters, and light reading: read this book!
fairpersephone's review against another edition
3.0
Harris' Honeycomb may appear, at first glance, to be a collection of one hundred unrelated tales — but in reality, most of these short stories of faerie folk and princesses and gardeners are interwoven, so that characters from one little vignette will show up again a while later. This book shines when it's taking us through the life of the Lacewing King, king of the faerie folk, and does several other stories well (particularly the one about the gardener, the dancer, or the woman with red shoes), but some, like the morality tales where common farmyard animals stand in for political events and schools of thought, I found rather slow and skim-worthy. Even so, it's a lush, imaginative piece of work with illustrations that make you feel like you're reading a traditional volume of fairy tales like that of Andersen or the Brothers Grimm.
nina_chan01's review against another edition
5.0
This book is so beautifully written that I dreamed of and constantly found myself drifting off into daydreams inspired by the stories it contained.
It's a collection of fairy tales in the most classic sense of the word, complete with warnings, lessons, and inspiration in each.
Harris starts with what seem to be totally unrelated little vignettes and ends up creating a big, beautifully interconnected world full of memorable characters and magical events. Everything told in such beautiful language that it's magical in itself. It pulls you in so that you get lost within the story and can't escape. I loved every word of it.
Extremely happy thanks to NetGalley and Gallery / Saga Press for the magical read!
It's a collection of fairy tales in the most classic sense of the word, complete with warnings, lessons, and inspiration in each.
Harris starts with what seem to be totally unrelated little vignettes and ends up creating a big, beautifully interconnected world full of memorable characters and magical events. Everything told in such beautiful language that it's magical in itself. It pulls you in so that you get lost within the story and can't escape. I loved every word of it.
Extremely happy thanks to NetGalley and Gallery / Saga Press for the magical read!