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mandib's review
This book just didn’t do it for me. I liked it at first and found it kinda interesting, with the bug facts and all, but once the prepper nonsense, misogyny, and affair came on, I couldn’t handle it anymore. Unfortunately this one just isn’t for me, and life is too short to read books you don’t want to read.
stacyroth's review
3.0
The Fehler sisters have always been “bug girls” - they are the fourth generation of a family-owned pest control business. When their dad unexpected dies, they find out that the business and family are on shaky financial ground and that their dad left part of the business to a male cousin. Each girl has problems in her own life, but they all rally to try to save the family business while dealing with their problems.
The book wasn't quite what I expected based on the blurb, but it grew on me as I listened. The book switches points of view between each of the 4 sisters, as well as their mom, which was really too many narrators. I had forgotten each girl's problems by the time their turn came around again. I think we could have cut out almost all of Jules and Kate from the story and not have lost much more than political snark. It was nice to watch the family finally come together at the end of the book. Overall, this was a fairly middle of the road book for me; I'd give it 3 stars.
Many thanks to NetGalley for providing me an audio ARC of this book.
The book wasn't quite what I expected based on the blurb, but it grew on me as I listened. The book switches points of view between each of the 4 sisters, as well as their mom, which was really too many narrators. I had forgotten each girl's problems by the time their turn came around again. I think we could have cut out almost all of Jules and Kate from the story and not have lost much more than political snark. It was nice to watch the family finally come together at the end of the book. Overall, this was a fairly middle of the road book for me; I'd give it 3 stars.
Many thanks to NetGalley for providing me an audio ARC of this book.
stlkatiek's review
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.0
This story featured four sisters and their widowed mother who inherit the (bankrupt ) family pest control business. The book takes place in 2008-2009 amid the start of the great recession and Obama's election and taps in to rural/red state anxiety, doomsday preppers, and small town life in general.
It was a bit slow to start (each chapter is told from the perspective of either the mother or one of the daughters) and the end was entirely too happily-ever-after, but it was a good-enough story about family and sisterhood.
Decided to read because:
This was my first book (either by a Missouri author or set in Missouri) for the library's Missouri Bicentennial Challenge. It was set in Cape Girardeau, where some of my family lives.
Reminded me of:
It was a bit slow to start (each chapter is told from the perspective of either the mother or one of the daughters) and the end was entirely too happily-ever-after, but it was a good-enough story about family and sisterhood.
Decided to read because:
This was my first book (either by a Missouri author or set in Missouri) for the library's Missouri Bicentennial Challenge. It was set in Cape Girardeau, where some of my family lives.
Reminded me of:
- A lesser Daughters of Erietown or Baker Towers
Content Warnings
Moderate: Self harm
page_28's review
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Only read this book because the author is one of my favorite professors. What a disappointment.
slashysatch's review
5.0
I can already tell this is gonna be a book that everyone is gonna go crazy for. And rightfully so. This is the perfect summer read. I fell in love with the Fehler family in these pages and enjoyed every second I was immersed in their lives. Melissa Scholes Young did an excellent job writing dimensional characters with good and bad qualities. I laughed and cried along with each of them. The Hive is, in my opinion, a beautiful story about the power of women; whether they know it or not, family, and it reminds us that people are dimensional. You’ll want to grab a copy of this on June 8th!
jbraith's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
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