A review by christiek
Anthill by Edward O. Wilson

4.0

I am surprised by how much I liked this. This middle section about ants is riveting! Really, ants are riveting. The first section is a bit slow and Wilson shows that he is not an experienced fiction writer. It's a little slow, I am only so so connected to young Raff and often Wilson's writing is overly descriptive. Then I started the ant section. So cool, compelling and edge of my seat! Mid section the library wanted the book back. I sent it back and decided I wanted to find out what happens to the ant colony, so I put it back on hold. A couple of months later, it comes back to me, and whew, I find out the resolution of the ant colony. I didn't expect to like the last section returning to Raff's narrative, but I did. It flows much better than the first section and I felt more connected to Raff. It also manages to surprise.