This is the dramatic
story of a mother and son. The son cannot seem to grow out of his shell and his
constant bullying makes him cave back in even more.
“I’d turned my son into a soft-bellied
bumble bee, too timid to sting anyone.” (7)
In an effort to give her son courage,
one woman tries to make things right. Living in her suburbia town, the last
thing she expected was to be bullied herself.
Story was easy to read, the pace was
steady, and the writing was pretty good. There were a few too many characters
for my liking, and, at times, the scenes seemed trivial. To me, this almost
seemed like a tale of a bored housewife. The woman struck me like she wanted
more out of life, and one of the things she wanted was for her overly-sensitive
son to stand on his own. And who could blame her, right? It’s relatable in the
sense that she was trying to see beyond her stale existence.
An okay read.
My rating: 3 stars
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