Reviews - The Ardent Swarm

415 reviews for:

The Ardent Swarm

Yamen Manai

3.89 AVERAGE

kjsears's review against another edition

4.5

emotional informative tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

zellreads's review against another edition

4.0

I really liked this book. I liked the allegories here, and found the beekeeping parts to be the most interesting thing in the whole book. I think although the symbolism is pretty obvious here, it is well done and provides a great image. Really well done.

samogden7's review against another edition

4.0

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

kea8's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

lydiacox's review against another edition

3.0

reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

sarahhengle's review against another edition

3.25

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

really wanted to like this, it seems unfinished and could really benefit from some expansion of the characters, plot, and prose. I felt like the book was being way to obvious with the metaphors and treated the reader like they were a dummy that couldn’t see how the hornets and bees matched the Nawi and religious extremist group. really unsatisfying, sadly