hooked me immediately with it's depiction of toxic teen girl friendship (as a survivor of many toxic teen girl friendships) but The Bee Sting is a family epic - I'm about a quarter of the way in, and it's so gripping to me. Like a slow motion car crash but in a good way? Feels like an accurate but not cliché portrayal of modern life and a really detailed portrait of a family in crisis
Sep 26, 2024
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An insane and unhinged take on the classic cross-country runaway story — the protagonists are more antiheroes than heroes, but you root for them all the way until the last page. The plot is refreshing, the journey you take with Teal and Cody is a blast, and the writing is exceptional. I loved the seemless transition of perspectives, often mid-chapter or even mid-sentence, as well as dream-like explorations of characters who weren’t actually with the leads. Teenager is one of the few books I’ve read that I consider a must read.
Jun 2, 2022
A novel about a young man growing up during the Thatcher era in England, all while openly gay & forming relationships, often precarious or illicit, with London’s high society. Beautifully (beautifullyyyy) written, witty, and often times just straight up horny. It’s taking me a second to get back into it but I’m over halfway through and curious as to where it’s gonna go …….lots of people said they cried finishing it so I’m scared 😟
May 22, 2025
It's kind of like if influencer culture took shrooms and then made love with three self help books and a sci-fi novel. The book had an incredibly slow build up, but I didn't find it boring at all, and in fact had a hard time putting it down the deeper in I got. Bottom line, even though it was less 'horror' than I was anticipating, I would recommend this book if you're looking for a surrealist read and a wild story line.
Also I think about this book whenever I get into a hot tub, so there’s that.
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they are just so good. ate them in two separate meals today. beautiful legume no notes.
Feb 4, 2024
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esp. 'does he love you?' and 'pictures of success'
Feb 4, 2024
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this book makes the mundane magical! deeply weird, deeply funny and deeply moving.
Feb 4, 2024