A review by emmamgregory
The Death of Bees by Lisa O'Donnell

5.0

I think my career as a professional reader may be over as I'm not sure I'll be able to find another novel that will appeal to all my literary sensibilities. This British traicomedy had me laugh with its dry witty characters and cry with its absolutely desperately sad characters. Throw in a couple of bodies under the lavender in the back garden, the neighbour's dog that loves digging, a witless drugs dealer and the world's biggest losers as parents and I finished this book in a week. If nothing else as a parent I can stay in bed for a week while serving up jelly beans and allowing my kids to watch non stop telly and still feel like I should win an award! Fantastic