We need to talk about Kevin. Anyone read it?

[Beetroot]

Hard work!

Struggling with it

There's been quite a few threads about it already.

Persevere. It gets better. And then it gets - well - devastating.

oh i will go look properly

how you feeling?

Was aboutto say the same Emkana.
It seems to pop up every week.

It blew me away

I feel okay, thank you.

Just did a quick search on the archives search, there's about five threads about this.

..is that by Lionel whatshername, she who never wanted children? or am I mxing my authors?

Lionel Shriver, yes.

loved this book. incredibly thought provoking imo.

don't care if she's never had kids (dh hated that) she has interesting things to say.

stick with it beetroot.

Hi emkana - hope you're okay - i was 12 days late 2nd time, if that's any consolation!

trouble they contain spoilers , have just glanced.

It si the neverending horridness that I find exhausting. And you know it cannot have a goodending

I read some interviews with her - thought she was brave in tackling this taboo but seemed a little too stridnet/precious about it for my liking. maybe i should try the book.

Hi MissChief!
Only four days so far, so shouldn't get too worked up yet, I guess.

Beetroot, I liked the book and thought it was very powerful and thought-provoking.

btw I was 12 days later with two of mine!

no, i did not like it

in fact, i wanted very much to burn it

Why didn't you like it?

I didn't like the narrator at all, but still thought it was a book that really draws you in.

I dunno, I found it really disturbing and cold...also I do think the authors experiences are relevant...when someone writes a book they are telling you about how they see the world, really. And the author pees me off no end.

I do think it was well written but that kind of made it worse.

i am drawn to it and drawn in by it but find it a challenge to read..it is exhausting

Ploughed through this on holiday and glad I did but it was a bit of a struggle. Not an enjoyable read, but then nor is the subject. Unputdownable though.

I really enjoyed it. (well, enjoyed isn't the right word iuswim) I was pregnant at the time and it terrified me.

It's really moving, and I could relate to her, at least at the beginning when she was pregnant.

Keep going with it. It's one of those books that'll keep going round in your mind long after you've finished it

its crap, predictable, with poor characterisation imo

Oh didn't realise the author had never had children.

Not sure how I feel about that

I read it and really liked it but also felt diffently when realised how anti-child he apparently is.

I enjoyed it, once i managed to get into it. took a while tho, but I persevered as I had heard from friends that had read it that it was worth reading. I did start to guess at the ending tho towards the end, and by my standards I was very good and didn't read the end till I got there. (I am a very bad lady in that I often will get so agitated half way thro a book that I need to know that things will turn out ok so 'cheat') flameboo gets very cross with me for that:(

good book tho and would recomend:)

I enjoyed it