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Pros
Laline paull's the bees is an allegory of human mores within a totalitarian state. By anthropomorphising the bees, paull writes a hive of humanity. It has a say's something about the world, from the cast system to environment issues, such as pesticide... Read More
Final 100 pages read with the same fervour as the first 100. Well-written, intensely odd as a concept but heartbreaking and beautiful in its own strange way. You really start to care for the main character, willing her on in her daily struggle to find... Read More
Cons
Author has tried to do something unusual and imaginative. The style of writing, however, feels rigid and childish. A lot of it is down to the inexperience of the writer.
A weak, poorly structured mess that did nothing but disappoint.
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It really manages to touch on a lot of topics and knits them in really well with the story.
There is a scene in the book where the honey bees go into ‘cluster’ - clustering is their way of hibernating together to surviv... Read More
But the start is strong, and so is the final act - i read the final 100 pages quickly, with the same fervour i started the first 100 with.
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- This product had a total of 2,412 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 28 2022.
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I will never look at bees in the same way again
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The central character is flora a lowcaste worker bee
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The rival princess bees born within the rigid social structures of a totalitarian system are unable to adapt
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There is a final hive invasion
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The unmatedprincesses die alongside bees from every caste all too bound by custom to flee the only way of life they know
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The now independent nest will be restored to glory by an illegitimate low caste queen mated to an outcast aristocrat drone
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Social position is no longer dictated by class
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I particularly loved the imagery of flora’s forage flights sharp air clear light bees roaring into the sky like massed fighter pilots the crushing power of rain scent lines of nectar the black smell of tarmac the vile oily retch of roadside plants the overarching distant call of the hive…
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