Reviews - The Murmur of Bees

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The Murmur of Bees

Sofía Segovia

4.1 AVERAGE

evspekkie's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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: Complicated

Content Warnings

towering_tbr's review against another edition

4.0

4.5 stars.

This is a beautifully written historical fiction with a touch of magic. This is a family saga, filled with adventure, murder, wonderful friendships, and emotionally complex characters. I loved this and would highly recommend this translated novel.

tessamoon's review against another edition

3.75

Beautiful. A little slow for my preferences.

irb's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

cfh's review against another edition

4.0

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

papasfritass's review against another edition

3.0

reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

grexios13's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

lisawhelpley's review against another edition

5.0

It took me a really long time to read this book. Was it me or the book? I'm not sure. But once I got about 65% finished, I couldn't put it down. Beautiful writing throughout.

balo's review

4.0

Simonopio and his bees save the day.

kirkcarp's review against another edition

5.0

As the title suggests, this is a soft, murmuring narrative told at a leisurely pace, but the story is made even more powerful because of it. I listened to this as an audiobook and I highly recommend. The performance brought the moods and characters to life in a way I may not have appreciated in just the written form. What a beautiful dip into another world - agrarian, Mexican - that nonetheless has so many parallels to our own - we are also enduring a pandemic, and war, and the themes of familial love are universal and enduring. The writing is beautiful. The plot is character-driven. The scenery is vivid with its smells and sounds. I loved it and am sorry it’s over.

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