A review by alexblackreads
Bee Season by Myla Goldberg

4.0

I adored this book for the character relationships. It captures so perfectly a situation in which children have to "earn" the love of their parent; the competition with each other, the guilt of the parents, their self worth being linked directly to their achievements. It's fantastic. All of the characters are fully developed and you feel for them, even the parents who don't intend to cause such harm. I especially loved the sibling relationship for its nuance and depth. Absolutely fantastic.

Where this book kind of lost me was the Jewish mysticism. I'm not sure I disliked that aspect so much as it went completely over my head. Like I couldn't remotely follow what was happening or what was intended by it.

But I really enjoyed it overall. Would definitely recommend and also am interested in picking up more from Goldberg.