i'm giving it 3,5* only because it is a classic. also because it was an ongoing joke with a friend of mine about me not wanting ever to read it. well, look at me now! i read it and we can't joke about it now. :( btw the book was not good, lol. i mean, yeah, he's a bug (bug's life, haha) but also so what? I wouldn't say I liked the way his sister treated him at the end. if my brother were ever to become a giant bug i would take care of him in the best ways that i could. the thing about his sister that i could not get my head wrapped around was how in the beginning she was all caring and stuff but then she switched? what made her do it? literally, that's the main thing that i didn't like about the book. oh and the way his parents treated him! which goes in the same category as his sister. 

i really don't want to get into the whole philosophical meaning of the book, i really do get it! but i just simply didn't like it. i wish i had not read it so i could have my inside joke back. now all i have to rely on is the three guys in the boat without the dog or whatever. lol. (i hope my friend sees this review and is happy because after like 2 years i finally read the book about the cockroach. :))