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title...We Need to Talk About Kevin: A Novel
author(s)...Lionel Shriver
average rating...3.3 / 5
tags...children contemporary_fiction family mum murder school
shelved by...drneevil kelthebookworm krin5292 niknat oceanlistener

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shelved by...krin5292      shelf...have read      rating...3
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'My thoughts'

updated...Jul 13, '08    spoilers...n/a

This was a powerfully moving book about the ambiguousness of family relationships. At times, I wished to hear Kevin's point of view, but Eva's honest and searing account held my interest throughout.
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shelved by...oceanlistener      shelf...have read      rating...4
tags...children family murder school

'[entry title]'

updated...May 09, '08    spoilers...n/a

This book turned out to be incredibly scary and depressing. The mother/narrator dislikes her child from the moment he's born. He's obviously a monster, and the school shooting seems inevitable by the end. I guess the good part is that Kevin is so foreign and unlike anyone I've ever known that he's almost less scary and more of just a mother's nightmare. As someone who is unsure about whether or not I want children, this book encapsulated everything I fear the most- having a terrible child, not loving my child.
However, the story was very well constructed- the end caught me totally by surprise.
I would never find myself trapped in a life like that.
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shelved by...drneevil      shelf...to read      rating...none
tags...contemporary_fiction mum

'We need to talk about Kevin Review'

updated...May 22, '07    spoilers...minor

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We Need to Talk About Kevin is a 2003 novel by Lionel Shriver, concerning a fictional school massacre. It is written from the perspective of the killer's mother, Eva Khatchadourian, and documents her attempt to come to terms with her son Kevin and the murders he committed. Although told in the first person as a series of letters from Eva to her husband, the novel's structure also strongly resembles that of a thriller
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shelved by...kelthebookworm      shelf...have read      rating...2
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'[entry title]'

updated...Jan 08, '07    spoilers...n/a

blah.. not what i expected. The main character, or voice, was just plain annoying to me. She seemed to take too long to explain even the must mundane parts of the story. Annoying. Not what I expected.
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