#51
Posted: 3/12/13 at 1:35am
Without a doubt the most disturbing book I've ever read.
We Need to Talk About Kevin — Page 3
#52
Posted: 3/16/13 at 10:44pm
I'm still having trouble getting through it. I just can't figure out if she is a horrible mother or just super intuitive.
KFTC!!!!!
#53
Posted: 3/16/13 at 11:09pm
It will all become clear Stockard, it will all becomeclear like a punch in the stomach! Seriously disturbing but perhaps the most rewarding read in a long time!
Those Blocked: SueStorm. N2N Nate. Good riddence to stupid! Rad-Z, shill begone!
#54
Posted: 3/17/13 at 12:08am
OK, I'm going to keep at it. I don't know what it is that is making this so hard for me to read. Is it because I have a son who is an only child? Not that I see any of the warning signs in him that she saw. It's just tough to imagine a mom not connecting with a child this way.
KFTC!!!!!
#55
Posted: 3/17/13 at 12:14am
She actually will have two children.
Those Blocked: SueStorm. N2N Nate. Good riddence to stupid! Rad-Z, shill begone!
#56
Posted: 3/17/13 at 3:29am
Gah..........now I'm really confuddled!
KFTC!!!!!
#57
Posted: 3/20/13 at 12:53am
OMG. I just finished this book. i feel like I have never cried so hard in my life. I'm so heartbroken and sad. I realize it's not a real story, but it killed me.
KFTC!!!!!
#58
Posted: 3/20/13 at 12:57am
It wrecked me. Eva's final letter sent me over the edge.
#59
Posted: 3/20/13 at 12:59am
KILLED me!!!!!!! I was sobbing!
KFTC!!!!!
#60
Posted: 3/20/13 at 1:41am
See? I didn't lie did I? It was worth staying with!
Those Blocked: SueStorm. N2N Nate. Good riddence to stupid! Rad-Z, shill begone!
#61
Posted: 3/20/13 at 7:58am
I'm still in tears. I could hardly sleep last night.
KFTC!!!!!
#62
Posted: 3/20/13 at 2:03pm
I consider it my favorite novel and I recommend it to anyone who'll listen, but I've never been able to read it a second time.
Lionel Shriver is a wonderful author. I highly recommend her other works.
Lionel Shriver is a wonderful author. I highly recommend her other works.
#63
Posted: 3/20/13 at 2:19pm
I was wondering about the novel, as I was very disappointed in the film -- maybe it's the kind of thing that works better on the page.
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." Thomas Pynchon, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick
My blog: http://www.roscoewrites.blogspot.com/
#64
Posted: 3/20/13 at 2:21pm
I really liked the movie, but I'm perfectly willing to acknowledge that having read the book probably contributed to that. I don't know what kind of reaction I would have to it if I hadn't read the book first.
Updated On: 3/20/13 at 02:21 PM
#65
Posted: 3/20/13 at 2:31pm
I just found myself wondering, as I watched the movie, exactly what it was going to take before Swinton's character just picked up her daughter and got the hell out of there, leaving a note for her husband as follows: "Honey, I'm gone, and when Kevin does to you what he's been doing to me (trust me he will and it won't be pretty) give me a call, but until then just make sure the alimony and child support checks clear -- love ya bye."
Maybe the novel wouldn't have inspired those feelings in me, but the film sure did.
Maybe the novel wouldn't have inspired those feelings in me, but the film sure did.
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." Thomas Pynchon, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick
My blog: http://www.roscoewrites.blogspot.com/
#66
Posted: 3/20/13 at 2:36pm
In the novel you sort of have the feeling something like that has happened already as it is a series of letters written to her husband.
Those Blocked: SueStorm. N2N Nate. Good riddence to stupid! Rad-Z, shill begone!
#67
Posted: 3/20/13 at 2:39pm
The novel was really the first time I "got" the concept of the unreliable narrator, so as you're reading it, it becomes up to you to decide how true Eva's perceptions are and how much they are clouded by her own baggage. I'm not saying that a novel should be required viewing before you see a film version, of course (if anything, that's probably a failure of the movie), but I think anyone who read the book before they saw the movie will agree that it gives you a framework that movie just couldn't/didn't.
Updated On: 3/20/13 at 02:39 PM
#68
Posted: 3/20/13 at 2:43pm
Not so much a failure, really, more the difference between the two media. Reading about events that mediated through the device of the unreliable narrator, and actually seeing them acted out before you without that mediation will make for very different experiences.
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." Thomas Pynchon, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick
My blog: http://www.roscoewrites.blogspot.com/
#69
Posted: 3/20/13 at 2:57pm
Yeah, I couldn't figure out how accurate she was until close to the end of the book.
KFTC!!!!!
#70
Posted: 3/20/13 at 3:12pm
I had read the book before seeing the movie. I must say it was a pretty OK translation however it did lack a great deal from the novel.
Those Blocked: SueStorm. N2N Nate. Good riddence to stupid! Rad-Z, shill begone!
#71
Posted: 3/20/13 at 5:25pm
I was talking to my mom this morning, and she saw the movie too.....it sounded from the way she talked about it like is was a fairly good adaption.
KFTC!!!!!
#72
Posted: 3/20/13 at 5:52pm
Crap. Now I have to read the book. And I'm halfway through Tana French's novels, which I find absolutely engrossing so far. What do I do?!?!
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#73
Posted: 3/20/13 at 6:41pm
I've never read Tana French. What genre are they?
KFTC!!!!!
#74
Posted: 3/21/13 at 9:59am
Detective mysteries in Ireland! You would love them! As the series progresses, each book is narrated by a different character introduced in the previous book, but the cases are unrelated, so each book can stand alone. Her books are a little more dense than your standard thriller page-turners, but her writing and storytelling is absolutely addictive.
Tana French Novels
Tana French Novels
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#75
Posted: 3/21/13 at 2:00pm
Oooooh, thanks! They sound great!
KFTC!!!!!
BroadwayWorld TV
Ticket Central
Tickets From $59
Tickets From $95
Tickets From $80
Tickets From $139