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  • Umi Sinha Rank: Corporal 22nd Sep 2009

    Reviewer rating: 3 stars


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    The only thing that kept me reading 'We Need to Talk about Kevin' was the fact that other people had recommended it so highly and the blurb suggested the end would be worth it, otherwise I would have given up in the first few pages. To describe Shriver's style as turgid is being kind. Some of her se ...

  • kdaj78 Rank: Lance Corporal 6th Oct 2008

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    I could not put this book down. I loved the narrative style of the story being told through the eyes of the mother. Her brutal honesty about her feelings towards motherhood will be shocking to some (but a relief to others).

    As the book progresses and her emotional position deteriorates, I became aw ...

  • s0ph1e Rank: Sergeant 15th Jun 2007

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    Fascinating read - even though you know what is the subject of the book as it's stated clearly on the back cover and referred to all the way through, the author keeps twists until the end and reveals further fascinating snippets all the way along. A very different approach - and a rather brave one. ...

  • mutton Rank: Lieutenant 8th Nov 2006

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver is a page-turner of an account of a mother bringing up a difficult child who ends up committing a horrendous crime. The book is non-judgemental, and you are left to make up your own mind about who might be at fault - is the mother's lack of love for her ...