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A review by raelovestoread
The History of Bees by Maja Lunde
3.0
The history of bees has a very readable voice, but not much seems to actually HAPPEN.
This is the story of three different characters, spanning a couple of centuries, based around the theme of bees. Occasionally there are bees printed on the pages. This can be quite alarming when reading at night feeling sleepy!
William is an insufferable Victorian asshole that cares more about staring at his own navel than taking an interest in the people around him. He's a maudlin, self obsessed chump that wants all the glory with none of the grind. He was my least favourite character.
George is a beekeeper trying to lure his budding-writer son into a life of beekeeping and hard labour. At least George is inept as far as his family are concerned, rather than uncaring. I found him quite sympathetic and found he rang truest out of the bunch.
Then there is Tao, living in late 21st century China, dusting the trees with pollen in a future where the bees have gone, food is scarce and it's all gone a bit apocalyptic.
The history of bees can't really decide whether it's a story or a thought experiment. There is not enough intellectual meat in there for it to be a true portent or textbook on bee-ness, however, neither does enough happen to drive forward a compelling story. The way I see it, is a series of well written and interwoven character pieces lovingly discussing the importance of bees.
This is the story of three different characters, spanning a couple of centuries, based around the theme of bees. Occasionally there are bees printed on the pages. This can be quite alarming when reading at night feeling sleepy!
William is an insufferable Victorian asshole that cares more about staring at his own navel than taking an interest in the people around him. He's a maudlin, self obsessed chump that wants all the glory with none of the grind. He was my least favourite character.
George is a beekeeper trying to lure his budding-writer son into a life of beekeeping and hard labour. At least George is inept as far as his family are concerned, rather than uncaring. I found him quite sympathetic and found he rang truest out of the bunch.
Then there is Tao, living in late 21st century China, dusting the trees with pollen in a future where the bees have gone, food is scarce and it's all gone a bit apocalyptic.
The history of bees can't really decide whether it's a story or a thought experiment. There is not enough intellectual meat in there for it to be a true portent or textbook on bee-ness, however, neither does enough happen to drive forward a compelling story. The way I see it, is a series of well written and interwoven character pieces lovingly discussing the importance of bees.