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Aug 04, 2017
Erin
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No idea how I found this book, but I really enjoyed it. Flora 717 is born a worker bee, and in sanitation - the lowest of the low within the hive. But through a swirl of events, circumstance and help from others (I always hoped Flora was well aware of the sacrifice of others) we see all aspects of the hive, high to low and Flora experiences the full range of human? bee? universal? experiences and emotions throughout her wonderful, sometimes terrible life - for life in the hive is ordered (though
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A lovely book that took a conceit that could have gone so poorly and did it justice. It struck me as a sideways hero's journey kind of story that did the things that annoy me about hero's journey stories. But the concept was so interesting that I forgave it.
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Mar 10, 2019
Caitlin H
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it was amazing
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