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The Bees by Laline Paull

4 reviews

cheye13's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

This was so dry and so long and for what?

It's over 500 pages to explain the fall of a beehive after the human caretaker passes away.

I really should've dnf'd quite early because I truly hated the writing style, but I had to know the point of the story. And it sucked. I was really hoping for some less direct commentary or some layers of meaning, but it was all so dry. What itched the most was the dystopian tone; I couldn't tell if it was condemning bees behavior as a metaphor for human society or if the story stopped at face value because the society was bees. Ultimately a failure of commentary if it was intended at all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Sexism, and Classism

Moderate: Police brutality and Religious bigotry

Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

all content warnings in context of a bee society, which may be enough distance for some

davbat's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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? No

3.75

Gripping and an emotional read- but also quite odd and not very satisfying. Glad I read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Police brutality, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Sexual harassment

All the characters are bees and there's bee racism.

lipstickitotheman's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This is really really cool. I loved the audiobook, very engaging. The whole story is really ominous and interesting and dark and gorgeous. I really love how sensory experiences are described--the author clearly worked hard and is very skilled at describing scents, sounds, visuals.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Death, Body horror, Classism, Grief, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Violence, and Xenophobia

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Child death, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexism, Violence, Ableism, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Classism, and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts