The Bees - Laline Paull • BookLikes (ISBN:B00G2BAPJW)

The Bees

by: Laline Paull (author)

This brilliantly imagined debut tells the story of Flora 717, a devout young worker bee who finds herself in possession of a deadly secretFlora 717 is a sanitation worker, a member of the lowest caste in her orchard hive, where work and sacrifice are the highest virtues and worship of the beloved... show more

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Format: Kindle Edition

ASIN: B00G2BAPJW

Publisher: HarperCollins

Edition language: English

Category:

Fantasy, Science Fiction, Book Club, Adult Fiction, Literary Fiction, Adult, Speculative Fiction, Animals, Dystopia, Fiction

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Georgetta rated it

9 years ago

http://Georgetta.booklikes.com Georgetta 4.0

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Not something that I would normally read, but it was surprisingly enjoyable and surpassed my expectations. My inner biologist (I studied biology for my undergrad) was brought out again in me after this.

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DoodlePanda reads stuff rated it

9 years ago

http://DoodlePanda.booklikes.com DoodlePanda reads stuff 3.0 The Bees

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I'm finding it tricky to rate this book... I don't think I've read anything similar to compare it with, and to me it seems like a fairly original story. I did enjoy reading it though, it was interesting to see the life of the bees (though I'm not sure that all the facts are 100% correct). A lot of t...

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William's Book Blog rated it

10 years ago

http://WilliamCampbellPowell.booklikes.com William's Book Blog 4.0 It's the Bees Knees

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#TheBees, by @LalinePaull In concept, this is an adventurous novel, which makes it a challenge to review. It's fiction, but it's clear that Paull has done a lot of research into the subject matter, so it's almost a dramatisation of biological science, just as so many early SF novels were a drama...

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