lionel shriver we need to talk about kevin

Weekends and evenings, I worked on the book. Needing the money and intrigued by a different kind of challenge, I soon shifted to Brussels to work three months full time for the Wall Street Journal Europe’s editorial page. My computer rested on a desk covered in poster paint intended for a six-year-old.

I was intimidated and unnerved by the vastly greater financial burden of living in the capital.

We had just moved from Belfast to London, where we were living precariously in a short-term furnished let in Bow. “That’s just right.” He wouldn’t read another word until the book was finished. Cant wait to get onto the next audio, Possibly J.M.Coetzee, now thats a good writer.“Yes,” my partner remarked after reading over my shoulder.

Its just for shock or to confirm already held, rather conservative beliefs about the physical pain of childbirth and the possibility of stuffing up as a parent.Īhhh. I now have to live with the burden of reading this tripe. I disagree, Yes I had an extreme reaction, but that does not make it positive in any form. Some say to me that makes it a good book. It changed my mind as to the passive nature of books, and I will be more careful, from now on as to what I read, for this is now part of me, a cancer to be continually excised. Well, it really made me mad, physically sick, horrified. How could the performance have been better? It may even give an insight into the fathers ambivalence, bordering on ineptitude to the boys psychopathic tendencies. His or even the boys voice could make the book more interesting, more balanced. I feel that the father character had little depth, The book is written from the perspective of the mother, in letter form to the father. What could Lionel Shriver have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you? Interviews with the author after the boos audio confirm that the author wrote the book to explore her own confirmed opinion about childlessness’ in conjunction with an affinity with the mothers of IMHO only for those who want their worst fears about the most horrible things that can happen if you have kids confirmed. I would have stopped if I didn’t have a reason for reading the book. I approached this book in half hour increments for a book club. The second birth is fine and not even explained. Women need positive attitudes when approaching birth, with this book the worst is dredged from the bottom of the steaming pile and laboured on for pages in the first birth. What disappointed you about We Need to Talk About Kevin? Sensationalist: The Ultimate Birth Horror Story

Lionel shriver we need to talk about kevin