I hope everyone knows a Rachel - the friend you have that makes everything bearable. Really enjoyed this book. Heather -- desperate to volunteer, desperate to be noticed, desperate to belong. It was painfully slow and the dialogue was excruciating. Silly women with silly names acting like idiots.
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The Car Boot Sale. Save yourself some money and time by giving this one a wide body-swerve. Plus the "bee" metaphors drove me crazy.
I'm sure it's a good read for some but I need books that captivate me and are full of teh etc. Even Georgie who was independent and interesting turned out to be a bit of a groupie like the others. Given the right sort of closed system, the mothers are even worse.
An enjoyable, but light read, which will appeal especially to mothers who soon realise that the boardroom is nowhere near as complicated as playground politics Rather predictable, characters are two dimensional caricatures of 'school mums'' we all know.
We have Rachel, who wants to stay out of everything. I loved the bee analogy - a queen bee ruling the roost of the PTA! The gornby seems to have garnered a fair few good reviews and I am at a loss as to why.
The Hive, by Gill Hornby – review | The Spectator
The daily gatherings at the school gate are an opportunity to discover who's in and who's out of Bea's favour. A missing element is a sense of place: I hope everyone knows a Rachel - the friend you have that makes everything bearable.
And Rachel - watching them all, keeping her distance. I like the cover design, even though it might a bit too busy.
Gill Hornby talks about The Hive
It deserves all of it really, for the richness of the concept. Between the chapters, there were also some meeting protocols from school. Books by Gill Hornby. It was also hammered home every now and again by way of someone keeping bees and imparting information on how they thrive.
I did wonder if something was suddenly going happen after a while, but alas no. In a class of hormby own A.
Aug 10, Debumere rated it did not like it Shelves: But tue book just doesn't work. The children all go to St Ambrose School.
The Hive by Gill Hornby – review
The premise had potential but the execution was so poor that it was painful. Now Rachel has to find a new group and during the process begins to see just what kind of collective she's been a part of for all those years.
Attempts at humour mis-fire.
Preview — The Hive by Gill Hornby. To be honest, I found a lot of this book completely terrifying - high school was bad enough, please don't tell me I'll have to go through it all over again if I have kids!
Loading comments… Trouble loading? Rachel's husband Chris has just left her for an intern at his office, and after her marriage has fallen apart her social life starts to fall apart as well. Add to Wishlist Add to Wishlist. Welcome to St Ambrose Primary School.
The Hive by Gill Hornby – review | Books | The Guardian
Of the viewpoints proffered on this matter, Rachel's is the one we hear most. From the joys and perils well, mainly perils of the Lunch Ladder, to the military operation that is the Car Boot Sale, via the dos and don'ts of dressing your child as a dalek, all human life is here.
Although it was an easy read there were times when sentence structure was just clunky and jarring.
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