Bee Speaker by Adrian Tchaikovsky
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Wild.

To be entirely honest, I thought it started out really rough. I kinda hated all the characters and thought they were too stupid to live and you probably wouldn't have been able to change my mind until near the half-way mark.

And then something happened.

No, they didn't get smarter. Indeed, maybe I just got stupider. But the book became fun. Really fun. A wild, messed-up roller-coaster of stupidity, good-naturedness applied to all the wrong places, and unhinged ultraviolence also applied to all the wrong places.

By 2/3, I was chortling and rearing for more and you couldn't pay me to put it down.

So yeah, it's one of THOSE books. And because it's Tchaikovsky, it's an obligatory read AND worth it.

Personal note:
If anyone reading my reviews might be interested in reading my own SF, I'm going to be open to requests. Just direct message me in goodreads or email me on my site. I'd love to get some eyes on my novels.

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