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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
I wasn't connecting to the story and the story wasn't clear. Perhaps I need for historical information to understand what's going on.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
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:
Yes
This is poignant and hauntingly touching. The rural area and its people are lovely, yet their poverty is sad and heartbreaking.
The travels some go on are both good and bad, in many ways. What the experiences are, bring out different emotions and different changes in their lives.
Definitely recommend reading it.
The travels some go on are both good and bad, in many ways. What the experiences are, bring out different emotions and different changes in their lives.
Definitely recommend reading it.
Sidi is the conscientious caretaker of his hives, with the bees over whom he watches taking up all of his love and attention. When tragedy strikes and a hive is torn apart, Sidi must get to the bottom of the problem. Likewise, when strangers making promises come to his village and religious ideas start to become law, Sidi realizes that not just the bees may be in danger from something foreign.
I am embarrassed by how little I knew about Tunisia before reading this gorgeously translated little book. It’s a short, parable-type story about our ability to make choices and protect the things we care about - even when we are up against something that seems much bigger and scarier than us. I loved Sidi’s love for his bees. I appreciated the complicated and frightening way that one’s religion can become politicized and how it can lead to so much violence. For such a small book, I found much to think about.
I am embarrassed by how little I knew about Tunisia before reading this gorgeously translated little book. It’s a short, parable-type story about our ability to make choices and protect the things we care about - even when we are up against something that seems much bigger and scarier than us. I loved Sidi’s love for his bees. I appreciated the complicated and frightening way that one’s religion can become politicized and how it can lead to so much violence. For such a small book, I found much to think about.
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
It kind of read like The Alchemist where it seemed to want to impart a life lesson around tolerance and small things having such big implications. There were a lot of unfinished bits as well, leaving the reader to only guess what might have unfolded for the villagers and the country at large
dark
tense
fast-paced
I so wish I hadn’t waited so long to read this book. The Ardent Swarm was an Amazon First Read I picked back in January 2021. So many takeaways!
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I was a little confused at the start, but the story proved to be addictive enough not worry about it. I would have loved it to be a little longer, but overall a great story.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No