We Need to Talk About Kevin
by Lionel Shriver
Taste attributes: dramapsychologicalcrimefresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricateenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipsolving the riddle/not as it seemsinjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeExpect a weighty, unsavoury novel, small-scale rather than epic. Best if you like edge over warmth.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.2 / 5
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About This Book
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.
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- Author
- Lionel Shriver
- Published
- 2003
- Pages
- 468
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- Open Library
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