We Need to Talk About Kevin

[Sophie]

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver is #1 on our 100 books list. After it won the poll, this book is one of our group reads for Q2 (April, May, June) of 2021. Are you planning to read this book? Have you read this book? What did you think of it?

[Nancy]

this one has been on my list. I will look for it.

[Jeffrey]

I hope some others are reading this one. I've had it on my shelf for a while, never got around to it - the story of a mass shooter as told from the mother's perspective is pretty timely, and pretty brutal, so I've honestly been afraid to read it. But I'm starting it tonight, no matter what.

I think it might be the perfect book for discussion, so I really hope other people have thoughts. I don't think the title is an accident. I'll bet Shriver called this book "We Need To Talk About Kevin" because all of us need to talk about Kevin, and others like him, and gun violence and mental illness and racism and all the other related dirty things. So I hope others chime in for the discussion.