It took me a while to get in to this book, but at the end I finally understood the hype around this story. I am still not sure if I really loved this book, I definitely like it. The characters of Rosaline, August, June and May are really incredible. Such strong women, so loving and understanding. It makes you wish they actually exist and you could go meet them. And the art of beekeeping...so enthralling!!
I think my issues lie with the fact that the story drags on unnecessarily, it could easily have been written as a short story and had a similar affect. I also am not sure I am happy with the main character, Lily. She constantly complains about how she wishes she were not such a liar, but she does not make any effort to actually stop. Maybe I just cannot get in to her shoes or something, but I cannot get over the fact that she seems to be really ungrateful until the very end...literally.
Despite all of this I really can appreciate this book as it puts a different view to the Civil Rights movement. Giving it almost a backseat feel, when it is actually very much present in their everyday lives. In the end I think it is one of those books that really depend on the personality of the reader.
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