false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170984758m/80660.jpg 80660 21 The gripping international bestseller about motherhood gone awry Eva never really wanted to be a mother - and certainly not the mother of the unlovable boy who murdered seven of his fellow high school students, a cafeteria worker, and a much-adored teacher who tried to befriend him, all two days before his sixteenth birthday. Now, two years later, it is time for her to come to terms with marriage, career, family, parenthood, and Kevin's horrific rampage in a series of startlingly direct correspondences with her estranged husband, Franklyn. Uneasy with the sacrifices and social demotion of motherhood from the start, Eva fears that her alarming dislike for her own son may be responsible for driving him so nihilistically off the rails. 3106720 2003 We Need to Talk About Kevin: A Novel (P.S.) total:4216|5:1488|4:1559|3:723|2:263|1:183| 4216 16554 6434 1165 1 14 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 15 08:07:12 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 15 08:12:30 -0700 2007
This book depressed me, not only because of the tragic topic (school shootings), but of the way it is handled. Kevin's mother tries to deal with the fact that her son has killed his fellow students and a teacher. This is an important and challeng...more...]]> 3 9 false false Fri Nov 30 23:15:34 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 30 23:15:40 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 8 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 26 17:15:41 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 21 20:18:54 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 11 false false Fri Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 13:39:43 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 26 16:10:00 -0700 2008
Maybe it's because I'm not a mother and I did find it believable that Eva doesn't love her son completely.

Maybe it's because I enjoy the big words that were used in the letters and found it believable tha...more...]]> 5 9 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 02 09:36:14 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 02 15:26:49 -0800 2008 The Post-Birthday World she employs a doubled narrative that splits in two at its heroine's defining moment of choice/will/agency, what have you. In We Have to Talk About Kevin ...more...]]> 5 4 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 20 18:09:44 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 20 18:34:39 -0700 2007
We Need To Talk About Kevin is from Lionel Shriver. I have never read one of her books before but this book was listed on the Staff Sele...more...]]> 5 6 false false Thu Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 18:27:11 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 19:00:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 4 false false Fri Aug 01 12:59:11 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 09:02:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 3 false true Tue Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 10:53:44 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 08:45:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 3 false false Mon Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 18:07:29 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 11:27:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 5 false false Sat May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 01 22:31:01 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 01 20:32:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 4 false false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 08:29:57 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 09:47:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 4 false false Thu Jun 05 14:37:23 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 14:47:34 -0700 2008
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After reading some of the other reviews, I gave my own impressions of this book more thought. Perhaps ...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Oct 17 15:55:17 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 13 06:46:37 -0800 2007 more...]]> 1 2 true false Sun Jan 11 11:12:03 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 14:41:08 -0800 2009
I bought it with high hopes. Boy was I wrong. I don’t even know where to begin.

Basically every character in this book is an intolerable asshole. You're supposed to sympathize with them, but it's impossible because they are all suc...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=80660