A review by spinstah
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

dark tense slow-paced

4.5

I enjoyed this but it’s definitely not for everyone, even setting aside the length. While it switches POV regularly (with interesting stylistic changes for each character), it’s all very interior, so sometimes there’s not a lot actually happening. There’s also a lot to keep track of in terms of how the timelines line up, frankly there’s one key part I’m still not sure about but I decided the details didn’t really matter. I liked the ending, though given the length there really wasn’t any room to do something different there.