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A review by chokinghalos
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
4.0
”I think,” he returned, “you need to get a life.”
“I had one. You took it.”
Off to a good start with Eva writing a letter to Franklin, telling a unique story about what's going on in her life, introducing us to new characters, a variety of moments she's lived and most importantly, the way she communicates.
The first chapters are way too slow for my liking, knowing there’s only one device used to tell the story, but once I got used to it, I couldn’t put the book down.
Sometimes it felt like Kevin’s mother was dumping too much information, but that’s the intention. To get sucked into Eva’s letters until it feels like they’re written for you. It’s made to make you uncomfortable, to make you wonder whose side is right or whose side is true and which is not — yet, you don’t know.
“I had one. You took it.”
Off to a good start with Eva writing a letter to Franklin, telling a unique story about what's going on in her life, introducing us to new characters, a variety of moments she's lived and most importantly, the way she communicates.
The first chapters are way too slow for my liking, knowing there’s only one device used to tell the story, but once I got used to it, I couldn’t put the book down.
Sometimes it felt like Kevin’s mother was dumping too much information, but that’s the intention. To get sucked into Eva’s letters until it feels like they’re written for you. It’s made to make you uncomfortable, to make you wonder whose side is right or whose side is true and which is not — yet, you don’t know.