Throughout her novel, The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd uses very beautiful language, imagery, diction, similies, and metaphors. Her overall style of writing is beautiful and very creative. "Rosaleen had worked for us since my mother died... She had a big round face and a body that sloped out from her neck like a pup tent, and was so black that night seemed to seep from her skin" (Kidd 2).
In this sentence from the opening of the novel, Kidd use a beautiful style of diction, metaphors, similies, and colorful imagery. She doesn't just write a santence, but she spices it up with colorful words and comparisions to other things.
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"At night I would lie in bed and watch the show, how bees squeezed through the cracks of my bedroom wall and flew circles around the room, making that propeller sound, a high-pitched zzzzzz that hummed along my skin. I watched their wings shinning like bits of chrome in the dark and felt the longing build in my chest. The way those bees flew, not even looking for a flower, just flying for the feel of the wind, split my heart down its seam" (Kidd 1).
In the opening of her book, Ms. Kidd uses such beautiful language and wording that it makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Reading this passage really shows how Lily feels and wonders about the bees. This passage opens the door to the rest of the book and forewarns of things to come.
"The stunning metaphors and realistic characters... (of) this debut novel are so poignant they will bring tears to your eyes" (Kidd, "Life of Bees - Reviews").
-Library Journal
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