The Murmur of Bees had the potential to be a great book instead of being a good book with the potential to have been great. 

I thought that while some parts were absolutely beautiful, some other parts were unnecessarily repetitive that made the reading flow drop. Most parts were an undeniable 5 stars, but a few parts were between 2-3 stars due to repetitive sentences. The writing seemed a little rushed and unedited on the parts that had exactly the same sentences, nearly copy and paste from other pages. 

Overall, it is a good book worth reading--Enjoyable and heartwarming as well as painful. I cried in a couple scenes. However, the end left me unsatisfied. Many times I was going to give this book 5 stars, but because of the repetitions that made parts of the reading dull and the book longer than it should have been, I ended up giving it 3 stars (3.5 stars). I must say though that the beautiful parts of the book will leave you in awe of Segovia's gorgeous writing style and skilled storytelling, so I definitely recommend it, and I would gladly read another book by her. Maybe, all that this book had needed was better editing to remove the unnecessary repetitions.