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Really 3.5 stars
Readers who enjoy hero adventures may want to give Laline Paull’s “The Bees� a try. Though I wouldn’t recommend it to a child or adolescent because of some of the adult-type content, Flora, the heroine, reminded me of a Disney character who comes to the rescue again and again and again. She begins as a lowly sanitation worker with the unusual ability of being able to talk. She is also larger and stronger than other worker bees. She becomes a forager who can travel farther and gat ...more
Readers who enjoy hero adventures may want to give Laline Paull’s “The Bees� a try. Though I wouldn’t recommend it to a child or adolescent because of some of the adult-type content, Flora, the heroine, reminded me of a Disney character who comes to the rescue again and again and again. She begins as a lowly sanitation worker with the unusual ability of being able to talk. She is also larger and stronger than other worker bees. She becomes a forager who can travel farther and gat ...more
Prediction: the ladies of my bookclub hated this book. We shall see later this month.
Meanwhile, I loved it. One of my friends called the descriptions of the bee society "effortless" and I think that's a perfect encapsulation of what was so wonderful about this book. The perspective and society of the hive is carried off without ever seeming overly cute or contrived. Yes, the book is really about bees. No metaphor - actual bees. Even told from the perspective of a bee.
A couple of times, I turned ...more
Meanwhile, I loved it. One of my friends called the descriptions of the bee society "effortless" and I think that's a perfect encapsulation of what was so wonderful about this book. The perspective and society of the hive is carried off without ever seeming overly cute or contrived. Yes, the book is really about bees. No metaphor - actual bees. Even told from the perspective of a bee.
A couple of times, I turned ...more
Won this on a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Giveaway.
As an avid fan of the Animals of Farthing Wood, I was really pleased when I won this and I was not disappointed. Here we follow Flora 717 as she develops from a lowly sanitation worker bee to one of the most important bees in the hive. This is a story that is powerful and moving on many levels and is very much character driven, even with the characters being bees. Paull has re-created the complexity of the world of bees beautifully in this book, from the intrigic ...more
As an avid fan of the Animals of Farthing Wood, I was really pleased when I won this and I was not disappointed. Here we follow Flora 717 as she develops from a lowly sanitation worker bee to one of the most important bees in the hive. This is a story that is powerful and moving on many levels and is very much character driven, even with the characters being bees. Paull has re-created the complexity of the world of bees beautifully in this book, from the intrigic ...more
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