fiction
The Music of Bees tells the stories of three main
characters, each of whom has had some personal hurdles to overcome. They find their
lives improved with each other’s involvement. Jacob is a high school senior with
difficult parents who has suffered a spinal cord injury and lost the use of his
legs. Alice is trying to run a bee farm and manage life on her own after her
parents’ and husband’s deaths. Harry is a shy young man who finds himself on
his own after making some bad decisions and not self-advocating.
This novel was very heartwarming and speaks to the benefit
of having people in your corner. I liked the characters and it was easy to root
for them. Their story was sweet. It was
interesting learning even more about bees than I’ve learned in prior novels
about bees. (There are a surprising number that I’ve read in recent years.) The environmental messages and concerns were
also appreciated.
Sometimes, you just need support from other people even if
you can’t see that yourself. And “found family” is something special. If you’re
looking for a feel-good story, this is a good one. Eileen Garvin was
long-winded at times but the momentum stayed fairly consistent and I cared
enough about all of the characters to find out how things would turn out.
The audiobook narrator was Therese Plummer and she was
fantastic! She had a wide repertoire of
voices, did a super job voice acting, and even sang a tiny bit. However, she
pronounced Class V white water as the letter V instead of the Roman numeral
five—"Class Vee” rapids. Ugh. I’ll give her a very high A.
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