
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray book review
The Bee Sting was the first book I read this year from the list of books you lot chose for me to read. Therefore, it's the first book I was properly excited to get into - despite its length. It focuses on the highs and lows, past and present of the Barnes family who live in rural Ireland. With a plot style I usually like and some interesting storytelling techniques, surely this is a book I would like, right? As I said, The Bee Sting focuses on the lives of the Barnes family who all have their own issues going in their lives, both past and present. The Bee Sting plot - 4.25/5 The four main characters in The Bee Sting are Imelda, the matriarch who clings to material appearances;…