The Bees

“The Bees” was just okay and falls along a 2.5 star rating, but I'm rounding down this time. Perhaps, the 2014 Best Of lists hyped this one too much, or, perhaps, it's just not all that great. The idea of following a worker bee through daily activities through a fictional lens was alluring, as were the comparisons to “Watership Down.” However, this book comes nowhere near the genius of Richard Adams' wonderful book.

Some portions were interesting, such as the handful of interactions with the Myriad, but I never felt grabbed. Actually, I got through the book quickly because I was hoping to get one more into my woefully low 2014 book count and because the font was relatively large. Ultimately, I never felt terribly invested in Flora 717 or most of the characters, other than Sir Linden and Lily 500, which may have been the core issue.