A review by knitting_cowgirl
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

1.0

I gave this book a low rating. Not because it is a badly written book, nor were the characters lackluster or underdeveloped. They were. As far as a book goes this was a good read. It kept me engaged from start to finish. I began to feel sorry for Eva. Nobody "got it." Nobody saw the monster waiting in the closet. And like a bad horror flick you find yourself unable to look away as the music moves from sad and wistful to panicked and you really want to scream, No! Don't go through that door, but inevitably they always do. And then they meet their fate. This was a hard book to read. It was not a fun book. It was not an entertaining book. It was not a book that left you full of any positive emotion whatsoever. Actually I am quite depressed now. Few books have made me have such a physical emotional reaction. I feel drained, as if all the light of the world has left me for the moment. I think I am going to go turn on some Disney and color now.....