Helpful Score: 2
It's been weeks since I read this on my Kindle, and yet I still want to own it (so I ordered a copy from here, of course!). I am still a bit conflicted about how I feel about it. The blurb says it is hysterically funny. I didn't find it remotely funny at all! I have no idea to what they are referring!
It is superbly written, and I'd probably read anything this author wrote, but it is also depressing. The scene on the beach, while horrific, wasn't as bad as I imagined it would be because of all the lead-up to it. Was it terrible? YES. But the ending bothered me far more because I didn't expect what was coming.
I'd recommend you read this simply because it is a very well written piece of fiction, and knowing Little Bee is better than not having known her. But the other characters are not as endearing and not as interesting in my opinion, and in fact they are quite annoying. I could not STAND Charlie -- written to be "too cute" if you know what I mean.
Read it, but don't expect a magical work, or humor. Expect to be moved, and to have your heart broken over some of the things Little Bee has endured in her lifetime.
It is superbly written, and I'd probably read anything this author wrote, but it is also depressing. The scene on the beach, while horrific, wasn't as bad as I imagined it would be because of all the lead-up to it. Was it terrible? YES. But the ending bothered me far more because I didn't expect what was coming.
I'd recommend you read this simply because it is a very well written piece of fiction, and knowing Little Bee is better than not having known her. But the other characters are not as endearing and not as interesting in my opinion, and in fact they are quite annoying. I could not STAND Charlie -- written to be "too cute" if you know what I mean.
Read it, but don't expect a magical work, or humor. Expect to be moved, and to have your heart broken over some of the things Little Bee has endured in her lifetime.
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