We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

 

I’m honestly having trouble finding the words to write about this book. We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver is haunting. It's uncomfortable. It's tragic. And it's disturbing. 

It is told from the perspective of Eva Khatchadourian, a woman who was never sure about motherhood to begin with. Eva is the mother of Kevin, a boy who murdered nine people just days before his 16th birthday. We Need to Talk About Kevin is written through a series of letters from Eva to her estranged husband, Franklin. Through her letters, Eva details her life starting from before Kevin's birth to the present day. This book causes the reader to ponder the topic of nature versus nurture, and question which aspects of both led Kevin to turn out the way that he did.

Although this book is not for the faint of heart, I thought it was well written and compelling.