klfgasaway 's review for:

The History of Bees by Maja Lunde

3.0

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This book had a “happy” resolution but man, there was something stressful about the way the characters handled stress. None of them were particularly healthy and those depictions made me feel anxious to the point that it was hard to continue reading. I’m not convinced that the main thesis of the book wasn’t “these are three bad ways to deal with the hand you have drawn in life”. Each character was inconsiderate of someone or some people in their lives and couldn’t see beyond their own problems. Which isn’t uncommon when you are stressed or under duress but it was a lot to take through an entire book.