Book No. 1 (2014): WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
We Need To Talk About Kevin
Author: Lionel Shriver
Eva was tentative about having a child and motherhood. She did have two children, anyway. Kevin, her eldest son, committed mass murder a few months before turning 16. Now, two years after, she opens the 'black box' and tries to analyze what happened and comes into terms with marriage and parenthood gone awry.
Author: Lionel Shriver
Eva was tentative about having a child and motherhood. She did have two children, anyway. Kevin, her eldest son, committed mass murder a few months before turning 16. Now, two years after, she opens the 'black box' and tries to analyze what happened and comes into terms with marriage and parenthood gone awry.
By it's theme alone, the book is truly disturbing which is the reason it took me months to finally finish reading it. There were several instances that I decided to not finish it. The family's dysfunction is written in ever page. Even as of this writing, a day after I finished the book, some disturbing images still linger in my head. But, the book is a good piece of literature. It invites discussion.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Date read: March 3, 2014
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