Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Bees by Laline Paull

3 reviews

miss_vonnegut's review

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challenging dark tense medium-paced

3.5

What an interesting book! I used to love dystopia before 2017, but it's felt too real in recent years. This was lovely because it hits a lot of the dystopian themes but in the setting of a beehive, which helps it to feel more removed from reality. I would have given it a higher rating except there were a few passages about "dark bees" that felt racial. For example "...it was a fine, dark fellow who stank of it, and he said it made his dronewood hard as the twig we stood on... at least I think that's what he said, in his thick and foreign tongue." Yikes.

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bookcaptivated's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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sam_h's review

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adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0


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