The Secret Life of Bees by Sun Monk Kidd

Posted by melydia on February 5, 2009 Leave a comment (2) Go to comments

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd: It’s hard to describe this book without going into a lot of detail. It’s more or less about Lily, a teenager living in 1960s South Carolina, and her dealings with race, prejudice, and the death of her mother. It’s a sweet and gentle story of acceptance and forgiveness. A touch predictable, but not exasperatingly so. All in all it’s just a nice little tale.

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  1. Girl Detective February 7, 2009 at 7:48 am

    I didn’t care for this book. I didn’t feel the young girl narrator’s voice felt authentic, and I objected to the predictable sad end to a particular character–it felt particularly emotionally manipulative to me.

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  2. Calon Lan February 7, 2009 at 10:44 am

    I have to agree with Girl Detective. I read this a couple of years ago and was so disappointed by it that I actually returned it to the bookstore.

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