A review by elyseyost
The Hive and the Honey by Paul Yoon

fast-paced

4.25

I’ll start off by saying that Paul Yoon has beautiful prose that made this book a very enjoyable read. Overall, I think many of the short stories lacked depth in a way, like, I needed more from them in order to get closure and/or full connection to the themes. I feel that the last short story was the most successful and the most ‘complete.’ Even though the narrator’s voice seemed distant from the characters, this piece seemed to be a profound message on generational trauma and the stories that don’t survive to the next generation.