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We Need to Talk About Kevin

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Pros

  • Nightbitch and We Need to Talk About Kevin both focus heavily on the impact society has on women to become mothers.
  • I loved We Need To Talk About Kevin and I DO have kids. It's one of those books that really looks at the harder side of parenting when so much of life just glosses over it.
  • We Need to Talk About Kevin is one of my all-time favorite books. It's awful in the best way.
  • I also love *We Need to Talk About Kevin*.
  • I love We Need to Talk About Kevin.

Cons

  • Parent context: I think I'll probably try watching the movie adaptation of *We Need to Talk About Kevin*. It'll be much less of a time commitment at least and I wonder how much of what I found too uncomfortable to read will be translated...
  • The movie We Need to Talk About Kevin is similar. It wasn't as dark or detailed but it was still disturbing. I don't think Ezra Miller was even acting lol.
  • I just gave up on reading *We Need to Talk About Kevin.* I made it pretty far, about 150 pages in, and I couldn't do it anymore. Obviously it's supposed to be very uncomfortable to read considering its clear from the beginning that it en...
  • So far I've got We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver and Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix on my list.

Sentiment

9 positive (69%) · 3 mixed (23%) · 1 negative (8%)

Trust + time weighted score: +63% · raw score 62%

What redditors said (10 of 13)

Nightbitch and We Need to Talk About Kevin both focus heavily on the impact society has on women to become mothers.
positive · u/D****t · r/horrorlit · comment · Nov 25, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I loved We Need To Talk About Kevin and I DO have kids. It's one of those books that really looks at the harder side of parenting when so much of life just glosses over it.
positive · u/3****- · r/horrorlit · comment · Nov 14, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Parent context: I think I'll probably try watching the movie adaptation of *We Need to Talk About Kevin*. It'll be much less of a time commitment at least and I wonder how much of what I found too uncomfortable to read will be translated to the movie. Reply: The book is waaaaaay more violent than the movie and also depicts a ton of graphic sex which also isn't my thing. The movie streamlines a lot of the plot and gratuitous sex and violence.
mixed · u/L****g · r/horrorlit · comment · Nov 14, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
The movie We Need to Talk About Kevin is similar. It wasn't as dark or detailed but it was still disturbing. I don't think Ezra Miller was even acting lol.
negative · u/L****g · r/horrorlit · comment · Nov 14, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
We Need to Talk About Kevin is one of my all-time favorite books. It's awful in the best way.
positive · u/L****g · r/horrorlit · comment · Nov 14, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I just gave up on reading *We Need to Talk About Kevin.* I made it pretty far, about 150 pages in, and I couldn't do it anymore. Obviously it's supposed to be very uncomfortable to read considering its clear from the beginning that it ends in a school shooting.
mixed · u/C****0 · r/horrorlit · Nov 14, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I also love *We Need to Talk About Kevin*.
positive · u/l****y · r/BookRecommendations · comment · Nov 12, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I love We Need to Talk About Kevin.
positive · u/K****1 · r/BookRecommendations · comment · Nov 12, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
The discussions of this book are amazing but the book itself feels like a rabbit hole.
positive · u/T****n · r/BookRecommendations · Nov 12, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
We Need to Talk About Kevin I knew nothing about it when I picked it up, and the ending scared me so much I didn’t sleep.
positive · u/s****d · r/horrorlit · comment · Aug 26, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

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