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A review by lambsears
Big Brother by Lionel Shriver
3.0
I do struggle with Lionel - she's a very, very good writer, but one who always provokes quite a bit of thought for me.
I think We Need to Talk About Kevin was one of the best books I've ever read in my life, but I'm still not recovered from the experience and I'll never read it again. In that book I was frequently frustrated by the failure of the mother to see what she was doing and what was happening in her family.
I felt the same frustration with the protagonist all through this book. She seemed to be willfully blind to the character of her brother, the nature of their relationship and the damage that she was doing to her own family so, without giving anything away, the ending came as something of a surprise.
Once again, Shriver has shown herself to be a remarkable writer who writes thought provoking books and doesn't mind making her reader feel uncomfortable.
I think We Need to Talk About Kevin was one of the best books I've ever read in my life, but I'm still not recovered from the experience and I'll never read it again. In that book I was frequently frustrated by the failure of the mother to see what she was doing and what was happening in her family.
I felt the same frustration with the protagonist all through this book. She seemed to be willfully blind to the character of her brother, the nature of their relationship and the damage that she was doing to her own family so, without giving anything away, the ending came as something of a surprise.
Once again, Shriver has shown herself to be a remarkable writer who writes thought provoking books and doesn't mind making her reader feel uncomfortable.