Comments on: Little Bee by Chris Cleave — A Review

By: Arch

Arch — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:34:38 +0000

That’s a nice review….It really helps especially considering the fact that the publisher’s don’t reveal much of the storyline of the book…this book is in TBR pile and am looking forward to reading it…

Thanks
Arch

By: melissa @ 1lbr

melissa @ 1lbr — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:59:12 +0000

Yeah, I remember enjoying the parts with Batman. I guess it’s good to remember what I did like and laugh at.

By: Britt, Book Habitue

Britt, Book Habitue — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:22:29 +0000

Yeah, I just didn’t love it. The writing was great, but … blah. It all felt so disconnected that I just didn’t care. And I had a hard time suspending disbelief enough for some of what happened.

The batman costume thing was kind of funny, but it was sad too.

By: Sharla

Sharla — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:44:12 +0000

Thanks for commenting Melissa! I especially enjoyed the sections about Sarah’s son who was dressed up in the Batman costume, and I thought the girls from the detention center were funny as well. I also remember laughing at the parts where Bee tries to come up with ways to explain things to the girls back home. I guess I should have included that in my review.

I don’t think you are alone though in thinking it wasn’t a very funny book because I have heard a lot of differing opinions.

By: melissa @ 1lbr

melissa @ 1lbr — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:19:27 +0000

I agree that the writing was positively gorgeous, but the style and how the book flowed really bothered me. Plus, I guess I just didn’t see a lot of the humor in the book, so no great laughs for me.