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Historia pszczół
by Anna Marciniakówna, Maja Lunde
Slightly underwhelming.
I did like the concept and the different POVs set in different time periods but there was just something about the book that didn't quite work for me.
The main questions I had was what the target audience was. I couldn't figure out if it was a YA or an adut fiction because the writing style was rather simplistic but then it focused mainly (besides bees) on parent's relationships with their children, a theme I wouldn't necessarily talk about with young adults. Although I really enjoy reading about various interhuman relationships, the ones in the book seemed at first interesting but weren't handled very well in my opinion. I found the leading characters a bit shallow and onedimensional and the character developement seemed forced to me.
I also found the ending predictable, which doesn't have to be a bad thing but I prefer to be surprised by a book were there is an element of mystery present.
What I did like about the book, was of course that it talked about a very important issue in a genre breaking way. The importance of bees and the need to protect them was well intertwined in the story and I don't think I've ever seen someone talk about this issue and bees in literary fiction.
Maybe this wasn't exactly my vibe or it didn't live up to my expectations but it is still an enjoyable and informative novel.
I did like the concept and the different POVs set in different time periods but there was just something about the book that didn't quite work for me.
The main questions I had was what the target audience was. I couldn't figure out if it was a YA or an adut fiction because the writing style was rather simplistic but then it focused mainly (besides bees) on parent's relationships with their children, a theme I wouldn't necessarily talk about with young adults. Although I really enjoy reading about various interhuman relationships, the ones in the book seemed at first interesting but weren't handled very well in my opinion. I found the leading characters a bit shallow and onedimensional and the character developement seemed forced to me.
I also found the ending predictable, which doesn't have to be a bad thing but I prefer to be surprised by a book were there is an element of mystery present.
What I did like about the book, was of course that it talked about a very important issue in a genre breaking way. The importance of bees and the need to protect them was well intertwined in the story and I don't think I've ever seen someone talk about this issue and bees in literary fiction.
Maybe this wasn't exactly my vibe or it didn't live up to my expectations but it is still an enjoyable and informative novel.