I did not take to "We need to talk about Kevin" at the start. Rather dull and a little pompous I thought, but I was dragged in as others told me I would be. And the tension grew and by the end I was totally enthralled. David -----Original Message----- From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ian Macrae Sent: 07 May 2013 22:26 To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ebooktalk] KEVIN I'd really recommend that anyone who hasn't given We Need to Talk About Kevin a go to do so their earliest opportunity. A good number of people I know, including myself, started it and gave it up. I, like many of the rest, gave it another go and stuck with it. I think it is possibly one of the most important american novels of recent times.