A review by linkalipski
Une abeille suffit by Geneviève Boudreau

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2.75

The style is poetic throughout with a literary academic vocabulary and some quotes of other authors. Sentences are on the long side and favours the enumeration of descriptives. The poetry are without rhymes and its style is beyond my education level for me to comment on.

Picked by my friend for me based on the prompt « a book with a cover the other one would find pretty ». Indeed it’s pretty and I wish there were more of the author’s illustrations in it actually.

I am not educated enough in literature to appreciate this book since I’d have to check the dictionary for most words (including the insects terms) and can’t even name the style of poetry she does. I don’t believe this book is accessible to the average reader and it is likely targeting those well versed in literature.

Without visuals of all the plants and insects she mentions, it is hard to appreciate what she describes because there is no visualisation possible unless one interrupts their reading experience to checks ever single one. Hence, it wasn’t for me.