Blurb
We Need to Talk About Kevin adalah novel 2003 yang ditulis Lionel Shriver, diterbitkan Serpent's Tail, dan novel ini bercerita tentang aksi pembantaian di sekolah. Ceritanya berdasarkan sudut pandang dari ibu si pembunuh, Eva Khatchadourian, dan mendokumentasikan bagaimana dia mencoba berdamai dengan anaknya, Kevin, dan pembunuhan yang dilakukannnya. Meskipun diceritakan dalam sudut pandang orang pertama sebagai serangkaian surat dari Eva kepada suaminya, struktur novel juga sangat menyerupai sebuah thriller. Novel ketujuh dari Shriver, memenangkan Orange Prize 2005, penghargaan di Inggris untuk novel berbahasa Inggris yang ditulis penulis perempuan dari negara manapun. Tahun 2011 novel diadaptasi ke film.
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2003
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Patriciafreitag
This was by far the deepest book I ever read. I don't remember ever feeling so anxious, sad, angry and many other ways in different parts of a book. The characters are so complex and we can have a very close look into their thoughts, which is frightening, because they reveal that all of us have feelings and thoughts that are not pretty and that we do not how to deal with them. And it is amazing how Lionel Shriver managed to give pieces of information little by little, making me feel differently about each character in the course of the book.
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Unathirty
Fantastic.
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Coderadio
Very disturbing and well written, although I disliked the first-person narrative. I understand that it was important/vital to the plot to unfold the way it does, but I hated being stuck inside that character's head.
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Krispa34
Heartbreaking, thought-provoking - both one of the best and worst books I've ever read for its examination of motherhood and family life.
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