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Bee Sting
Bee Sting | Paul Murray
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From the author of Skippy Dies comes Paul Murray's The Bee Sting, an irresistibly funny, wise, and thought-provoking tour de force about family, fortune, and the struggle to be a good person when the world is falling apart. The Barnes family is in trouble. Dickie's once-lucrative car business is going under--but rather than face the music, he's spending his days in the woods, building an apocalypse-proof bunker with a renegade handyman. His wife Imelda is selling off her jewelry on eBay, while their teenage daughter Cass, formerly top of her class, seems determined to binge-drink her way through her final exams. And twelve-year-old PJ is putting the final touches to his grand plan to run away from home. Where did it all go wrong? A patch of ice on the tarmac, a casual favor to a charming stranger, a bee caught beneath a bridal veil--can a single moment of bad luck change the direction of a life? And if the story has already been written--is there still time to find a happy ending?
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rachelk
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I really enjoyed this epic family saga that takes place in a small Irish town. The story goes back and forth primarily between the perspectives of four members of the family and the struggles they face. I thought every character was extremely well written and compelling.

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Dark_Floof_Reads
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Mehso-so

I found this book okay. I didn‘t really like the writing style and that I felt like all of the characters were quite unlikeable, but it did keep my attention/ some bits where quite tense.

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perfectlywinged
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I say this as a compliment: a Jonathan Franzen novel set in Ireland.

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Well-ReadNeck
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Panpan

Wow. Nope. 650 pages of increasingly bad shit happening. I seriously do not get the hype. #ToB24

BarbaraBB I listened to this one and that worked out pretty well in combination with doing other stuff. I don‘t think I would have enjoyed it as much reading 650 pages! 12mo
fredthemoose Oh no! I keep seeing in on Best of 2023 lists and has it in my up next pool. But I don‘t love books where it‘s just a bunch of bad shit happening, so maybe I‘ll move this a little further down the list… 12mo
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