When I was in hospital my mother in law very kindly brought me a book to read.
She picked this of the 'best seller' list.
I wish this book was as nice as her.
Overall, this book was a huge let down.
Spoilers ahead!
This book isn't really about bees, it just uses the plight of bees as a background for a sub-par drama.
The first of three characters we follow is a (not terribly creatively named) William from the 1870's.
He's some self-important, depressed wienie who doesn't give a crap about anyone but himself.
He has a wife who he doesn't care for, a son he doesn't take the time to actually get to know and several daughters he sees as mere inconveniences.
He is basically a piece of trash.
Then there is George from 2007 USA. He doesn't talk to his son and his wife is far to good for him.
Finally we have Tao from 2060's China.
Why does Tao have a son?
Why do any of these people have children?
Well, thankfully her son dies at three years old and doesn't have to deal with inevitably not merting Tao's expectations.
All of these characters are terrible parents, blindly expecting their children to follow in their footsteps and being really bad at communicating.
There is also this dumb insert of trying to make it sound like the book 'The History of Bees' is some sort of important book, like in 'The King In Yellow', except not delightfully done at all.
The author is just a really crappy storyteller and this is a crap book.
She usually writes young adult fiction and I am now worried about the youths who have had to endure her 'work'.
Since I can't really find anything nice to say about this book, here is my favourite joke about bees:
Catagory: Drama
Rating: 0/5
