The Secret Life of Bees

by Sue Monk Kidd

English language

ISBN:: 978-0-14-200174-5

(8 reviews)

The Secret Life of Bees is a fiction book by the American author Sue Monk Kidd. Set in 1964, it is a coming-of-age story about loss and betrayal. The book received critical acclaim and was a New York Times bestseller. It won the 2004 Book Sense Book of the Year Awards (Paperback), and was nominated for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction. The book was later adapted into a film directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood.

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2 stars

I found the overall tone quite naive. You can argue that it's written by a child, but she's a teenager that hasn't had the easiest childhood and it quite aware of the situation Rosaleen gets herself into. It's trying to be a 'nice' book in a time and place where circumstances weren't very nice at all. The plot was slow and it was lacking much raw emotion except for the final chapter where it picked up but by then it was too late.