Welcome! For my first MOR I have partnered up with Aaliyah to read The Secret Life Of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. I have heard only great things about it so I thought why not!

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In response to Aaliyah’s second comment… I now see what the bees are used for in the novel, they represent each of the characters. I think Rosaleen may be a simple worker bee because of the way she cares and tends to Lily as the only real motherly figure. Plus, Rosaleen is also just a hard working woman in general. Kind of going back to my first comment, the bees DID end up foreshadowing because now Lily and Rosaleen are at a bee farm, with possible connections to her mother. I think the little sparks between Lily and Zach are a sweet and refreshing part of the story. They fulfill the cute yet awkward stereotypical middle school/high school crush. Lily’s comments like the one you referred to are definitely caused by her abnormal childhood, but also possibly of this fantasy she is almost living in right now. I think her mind is so overwhelmed with curiosity that that’s what caused her emotional outbreak (if you will) between her and Zach. Lily and Zach’s little fling is interrupted ab...
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Coming to the end of the book, Medea is either going to be exiled, or she’s going to die somehow. She will either be punished, or she will punish herself in some way. I also agree, I think Medea took it a bit too far in killing her own children. The children are found and the chariot gates are opened— only to reveal Medea sitting there with the two dead children. Here comes up a new theme of regret because Jason regrets his decision of marrying Medea, when he should’ve realized her betrayal of leaving her home and killing her brother in the first place. He then curses himself for this.  Medea finds satisfaction in the fact that Jason curse himself, and she believes that this is a good amount of suffering she caused him. She also found satisfaction in killing her children, even if that meant hurting herself in the process, it was bearable action that brought Jason enough suffering. I think this is so sad how she gives up her children just so she can see the suffering of a g...
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In response to Aaliyah’s third comment… I really hope Zach and Lily end up together as well, the only thing that might get in the way is whatever happens when she reveals the truth to the Boatwrights. I appreciate the way that the writer, Sue Monk Kidd, fills the “holes” or bad things that happen with positive things. Lily is missing a motherly figure, but fills it with Rosaleen by her side. May dies, but fills it when her sister gets married! The thought of T Ray hunting her down makes me a bit anxious. Had almost the exact same thoughts about the call between T Ray and Lily. Abusers turn into rotten people. I think the civil rights issues are going to turn out alright, I don’t recall any more feud with Zach and his friends after they have been bailed out. I  think the main issue would be that we as readers know that Zach is a good, polite boy, but the police only see him as a black boy. This is what I’ve been waiting for to respond on!!! The way Lily has develop...
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