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A review by mycupofstory
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Paul Murray's uniquely narrated family novel is indeed like a bee sting. After you put it down, it continues to sting and ache for days. It speaks of dreams—shattered dreams. Of escapes and returns. Of coincidences. Of destinies disguised as a series of coincidences. Of deeply buried personal traumas, shame, and the fragility of the human soul.
Murray masterfully plays with the perspectives of family members who live like isolated islands next to each other, peeling back their intertwined destinies layer by layer while subtly weaving together the atmospheric elements of the external and internal worlds. He draws a mysterious boundary between the predictability and unpredictability of life, illustrating interconnected fates and the responsibilities we hold in each other's lives.
It is a heavy book! But a masterpiece.
Murray masterfully plays with the perspectives of family members who live like isolated islands next to each other, peeling back their intertwined destinies layer by layer while subtly weaving together the atmospheric elements of the external and internal worlds. He draws a mysterious boundary between the predictability and unpredictability of life, illustrating interconnected fates and the responsibilities we hold in each other's lives.
It is a heavy book! But a masterpiece.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Rape