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8th June 2005, 7:20pm
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#1 | | because we care
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| We need to talk about kevin
i suggest everyone reads this book, it just won the orange prize fo fiction and theres a reason why, its about a kid who kills seven people in his school childhood written in a series of letters to her ex husband and its one of the better books i have read in recent times, dont wanna say toi much to give the boook away but its mind blowing, if a little slow to get into
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23rd June 2005, 9:16pm
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#2 | | because we care
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| Re: We need to talk about kevin
has anyone else read this book?
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23rd June 2005, 9:30pm
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#3 | | Go with the flow.
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Originally Posted by *blaine* i suggest everyone reads this book, it just won the orange prize fo fiction and theres a reason why, its about a kid who kills seven people in his school childhood written in a series of letters to her ex husband and its one of the better books i have read in recent times, dont wanna say toi much to give the boook away but its mind blowing, if a little slow to get into | Whos writing the letters? Sorry confussled.
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23rd June 2005, 9:43pm
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#4 | | elphie
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| Re: We need to talk about kevin
i've just finished it - really enjoyable and potentially one of the most effective methods of contraception ever  the mum is a travel writer who owns her own business. she gives up the travel when she becomes pregnant and really resents it. she just doesn't like children at all - and is karmically gifted with a surly, calculating genius son who cries non stop when he's with her, but plays up to daddy from the word go. kid grows up, kid kills classmates...mum recounts past memories (kevin encouraged a child at pre school to pick off all of it's ezcema..) and visits to kevinin detention to her ex husband via a serise of letters. i found it gripping and twisty and think it's a kick-ass first novel.
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24th June 2005, 3:28pm
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Originally Posted by bunnylingus Whos writing the letters? Sorry confussled. | see above, i agree with grimm it is definately one of the best debut novels out there and the style which is written is original
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24th June 2005, 3:53pm
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| Re: We need to talk about kevin
sounds good, think I'll give it a read | |
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24th June 2005, 7:50pm
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#7 | | Go with the flow.
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| Re: We need to talk about kevin
me too, sounds interesting.
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20th October 2005, 8:46pm
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#8 | | A little glass vial?
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Originally Posted by Violet Grimm really enjoyable and potentially one of the most effective methods of contraception ever | Oh, absolutely. I loved this. | |
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17th December 2005, 8:36pm
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#9 | | cromulent
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| Re: We need to talk about kevin
It was extremely well crafted definitely, but the problem I had with it was Eva. She had so many issues (I despise that word) and the way that she berated Franklin for "rounding up" was horrible I thought. It picked up fantastically in the final third though poor Celia. | |
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17th December 2005, 9:20pm
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| Re: We need to talk about kevin
Who's the author?
What section of waterstones would you find it in?
how much is it?
Might ask sister to get this for christmas.
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17th December 2005, 9:30pm
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#11 | | Frankly my dear.....  Editor
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thanks for that
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