The Bees by Laline Paull

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Just finished it. Made it all the way through. Read the extra info bit at the end and cried buckets. Had no idea what goes inside a bee hive.

Has any one else read it? I started off thinking it was a futuristic half-bee/half-human world.

I started it. I struggled and gave up. Is it worth persevering with?

Yes, definitely! Aftrr the first few chapters it settles down and gets really good, you can picture everying whereas up to that point it is a bit unclear/all over the place.

This book is sitting on my bedside table for when I've finished the one I'm currently reading. When I paid for it at the bookshop the woman on the till said people are raving about it so I hope I like it!

Hope you do, it is really weird and beautiful and the kind of book where you imagine everything in your head in super duper technicolour

I downloaded the free sample but couldn't get into it, it seemed like a teenagers sci-fi book so I didn't bother downloading the rest - does it get better?

Yes, the start is very weird and too much too soon/confusing. Then it gets really good

I really want to read this, it's on my wishlist and I'm waiting for the price to go down. Glad to hear it is so brilliant.

I didn't find it confusing but it just seemed aimed at a young reader not an adult book, maybe if some lent me it I'd try again but I'm not tempted to buy it