I read the Bee Sting in 2023 and I was just thinking about how much I loved the book and how much I loved the ending. I was reading some redditors' perspectives on it, but I disagree that it was really that ambiguous, especially considering how the book opens.
I'm talking to a friend who just finished it and she reminded me that the most ambiguous part came at the beginning-
what the hell was up with that teacher and her "secret" Elaine found on Google??
If you need a refresher, Elaine is particularly obsessed with one of their teachers, but she ends up taking more of a liking to Cass instead. Elaine does some digital sleuthing, tells Cass she found some crazy stuff about her online… and that's that? IIRC and my friend who just finished it agrees, we never hear about it or see the teacher again, at least not explicitly?
Does anyone have any insight as to what that was all about? We're at a loss. I can try to stretch my imagination to make connections to Dickie's arc in Dublin but it's a STRETCH.
by justhereforbaking
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I just thought her poetry made clear she was gay and involved in feminism or some other movements that a tight-ass religious community in small town Ireland wouldn’t be willing to tolerate.
Just finished the book a few days ago. It was a tough one.