Comments on: Little Bee (US)

By: Jody

Jody — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:53:07 +0000

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. To say, “I loved this book.” would imply that it was just a book. You have an amazing knack for speaking for the people whose voices have been sewn shut. Normally I would scoff at a book primarily about women written by a man. You nailed it. You completely nailed it. Every detail…so thank you for such a beautiful, tragic, mortifying, scary, genuine, and wonderful story. Thank you.

By: Mahmut

Mahmut — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:29:17 +0000

Dear Chris,
Thank you very much for “Lıttle Bee”. I read it and I loved it. It was very nice story. Yes I will not forget Little Bee after read it….good luck…!

By: maryl mcaffry

maryl mcaffry — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:55:58 +0000

I finished Little Bee last night, and did what I almost never do. I read all the material until the pages were blank and thought about the questions and answers. This book is amazing. I’m so thankful I bought it and looked at the world through Bee’s eyes for three days. Wow. I’ve always been one who notices all the Mexican refugees we have here in Louisiana, and I’ve never been fearful of a single person. They are the same as me, just trying to live until we die. Just trying to make it through the world on any given day. Thank you for the book, so full of important information about the planet we live on.

By: Dayna

Dayna — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:35:06 +0000

I have always found it difficult to find a book that I feel compelled to stick with, certainly books that I absolutely love and cannot put down are few and far between. I found it more than easy to stay up all night with Little Bee, I hate to have just now finished the last lines. Little Bee is an involving story that had me feeling each changing emotion and atmosphere seamlessly from page to page. Until I saw the portrait on the back jacket I assumed Chris Cleave was a woman and mother because of his true to life portrayal of his female and child characters. I recommend this book to any reader who wishes to be reminded what it means to feel truly human.

By: Erica Tubbs

Erica Tubbs — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:00:42 +0000

Thanks.
I live in places like this and have never found them written about so perfectly.
I hope your dedication, empathy and insight does not stop here.

By: tara

tara — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:36:49 +0000

I LOVED this book and I enjoyed every moment discovering the truth of little bee page after page. I could not put it down and I absolutely LOVE the characters of this book. This wonderful piece of writing and it has made me realize a lot of things–very important things. Thank you so much.

By: Leigh

Leigh — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 04:50:52 +0000

LOVED IT!!! Couldn’t put it down. But, did Sarah save little Bee?
I love that there was always something exciting going on.

Thank you,
Leigh Wearn

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:02:29 +0000

For the past few years, I have felt numb and I have felt as if my heart has turned cold. I am only fifteen years old and reading this book was an amazing experience for me. My heart began to ache for Little Bee and I was feeling something – I was actually feeling something. Thank you so much for a wonderful book; it has given me so much hope and sympathy.

By: queen chelle

queen chelle — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:27:37 +0000

On a farm in North Carolina USA. Just finished Little Bee whilst on a 6wk stress leave from my job and my life, in general. Deciding wether or not to return…thanks for the answer. Beautiful story.

By: Lori Caminiti

Lori Caminiti — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 02:55:06 +0000

I absolutely loved this book. Once I started it, I couldn’t put it down. I finished it this morning, and have thought about Little Bee, Sarah and Andrew all day! I loved the way you would drop hints or make a reference about something, then you actually came back to that reference or hint to bring it full circle. Sarah is a great character. She has her flaws, like the rest of us, and she seemed so real and identifiable, and so honest. I kept thinking of how we treat immigrants here in America-what we take from them, how we use them and how they are viewed. It’d be great if this book were required reading in high school and colleges. It would most definitely increase awareness and understanding of the immigration issue, which has recently heated up with Arizona’s new law. I loved Little Bee. she used what she had available to help her survive, even if (especially) all that she had were her thoughts, memories or stories that she made up of her sister in her minds eye to get through. Most of all, I loved how the story was not “told” and how, rather, it unfolded, in layers, and with two viewpoints. A very insightful, compassionate book.