shiari 's review for:

Little Bee by Chris Cleave
4.0

This book is very well written. It is an important and heart-breaking read. The writing, language, and insights are enough to smooth over a few of the bits that bordered on being somewhat contrived or artificial. Though on one level this book probes the horrific and all-too-often unacknowledged consequences of globalization and consumerism, it does not place blame solely on one country or group or culture. Rather, this book offers up a direct and unflinching yet somehow compassionate examination of all of humanity. It also offers up a soft green glow of hope. My world is different for having read this book.

Chris Cleave provides a rather wonderful introduction to Little Bee here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QYXtmmzW6c&feature=related