We need to talk about Kevin

This is the sort of book I can’t really talk about, the way I’d like to talk about it, as then if you wanted to read it, there would be little point. It’s written as a series of letters from the mother of a teenager who murdered several classmates and school faculty/staff to her husband (and his father). It’s the sort of book that carefully reveals information over a long period, so there is a lot of suspense, methodically-built, yet paced languorously. It’s also kind of a downer due to the subject matter.

And, well, there’s not much else to say without getting into things you wouldn’t want to know if you were to read it.

30 May 2007

fiction
ISBN 006112429x
published 2003
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manda 26 Jul 2007 · 16:47

i loved this book. your comments are totally true - it’s really really worth reading though even if it is a downer and very well conceived. i want to read more of shriver’s books now.

keight 26 Jul 2007 · 18:03

looks like her latest is the post-birthday world.
and she also has a column at the guardian.

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