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reviewed The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

Paul Murray: The Bee Sting (Paperback, 2023, Penguin Books, Limited) 4 stars

A Very Good Book that I didn't have the patience to finish

3 stars

I did not finish this book.

When I started it, I thought this is one of the best books I have read in a long time.

Then I came to the part where I would have to read hundreds of pages without punctuation. At first, I got used to it, and read it all the way to Frank's funeral. There I started skipping pages, browsing forward to see if this ends soon, so that I can get back to enjoying the book again. But I realized that even if a read past this section, I will be worried that something like this will happen later on in the book...

There are more good books in the world than I can read through in a lifetime. I might as well pick another one. One that I would enjoy reading.

Three stars anyway. This is a good book, if the trickery with punctuation is something you can live with, then this is an excellent read.

For me, I just could not enjoy it.