This author has no clue how to write from a woman's pov, I also wonder if he has spent much time around small children because some of the things that went on with his character Charlie seemed absurd. I did like Little Bee in the beginning toward the end I felt like he screwed her up as well. Once h...
What can I say about Little Bee by Chris Cleave?This is a powerful story. Powerful in its intricate telling. Powerful in its subtlety. Powerful in its ending.I enjoyed this story because each time I thought I had figured out the next turn of events or the ending, I did not.I won't say much about the...
Chris Cleave wrote a compelling story about the intersection of a British married couple (Sarah and Andrew) and a Nigerian girl (Little Bee) who's running for her life. The writing was excellent and I loved the characters of Little Bee and Charlie, but ultimately I found this novel too bleak for my ...
The book started strangely for me. Little Bee is a Nigerian girl who has been through heartbreaking, gut wrenching, soul-stealing kind of life and she is fighting to survive. That's why she is in England, in search of a "story" that is not hers. Will she succeed?Sarah has been haunted by the even...
The book was very captivating but I disliked the ending. I felt that it was too open-ended atleast for the liking. The authors style was really great and I felt myself hanging on every word and reading for longer than I originally intended. However, I had still not felt completely fullfilled after f...
I wanted to like this read...really I did! Unfortunately, the hype did it no service nor did the promise of "changing my life." This was simply a tragic tale of three individuals who met under horrific circumstances. I also feel that the cover and back cover copy were a bit misleading. The cover is ...
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