tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433343392416176736.post3005066730039233805..comments2013-09-17T19:30:06.065-07:00Comments on Pine to Palmetto--1 Story @ a Time: We Need to Talk About KevinJennifer Dupreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12563990802090202849noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433343392416176736.post-6018731034654884882012-08-25T04:15:10.556-07:002012-08-25T04:15:10.556-07:00It got under my skin too...but that's good rig...It got under my skin too...but that's good right? Putting all of Eva's emotional issues aside (and she did have a few minor ones it seems haha) I think what got to me the most was the fact that it shed light on how some people are just born "different". With no conscience or sense of moral norms. I KNOW people like this. You look in their eyes and see no life spark. No soul. People that you can just look at and know or feel that they don't see the world through the same lens as the rest of us. People that literally are incapable of showing (or feeling) emotions. Their thinking and perceptions are skewed. I think that is what got to me the most. And the fact that Eva could see this in Kevin from day one and no one else could was all too believable to me. Who better than a mother, is best fit to see into the heart and soul of a child? Even a soulless child. <br />This book also reminded me of a very similar true story I had read about the Columbine murders. Kevin could have very easily played the part of one of the two teens that performed the killings in that high school. Their personalities matched his perfectly. The book is called, aptly enough "Columbine" and it is written by Dave Cullen. It is one of the most extensive looks into the minds of the two teens I have ever read. But it's not light reading. Anyway, I'm glad you enjoyed one of MY recommendations for a change instead of vice versa. Now... maybe..."Sarah's Key"?<br />Jousting With Windmillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05703642596962478629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433343392416176736.post-58872173566403315552012-08-24T14:14:16.905-07:002012-08-24T14:14:16.905-07:00Thanks for suggesting it. It's a really haunti...Thanks for suggesting it. It's a really haunting book....I'm still finding myself awake at night thinking, "What could Eva have done differently?" (I do think I get too emotionally attached to books but this one really got under my skin!)Jennifer Dupreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563990802090202849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433343392416176736.post-53471107756780996972012-08-21T15:59:59.222-07:002012-08-21T15:59:59.222-07:00I am so glad you gave this book a chance. And you...I am so glad you gave this book a chance. And your review is excellent and dead-on accurate. No pun intended. Truly disturbing yet so captivating. I too,like yourself, had a hard time feeling sympathetic or compassionate towards Eva. However, I was strangely compelled to feel for Kevin. Thanks for giving this one a read.<br /><br />---Donkey Ote<br />http://joustingwithwindmillstoo.blogspot.com/Jousting With Windmillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05703642596962478629noreply@blogger.com