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Anonymous wrote:I’ve owned this book since 2005 and only now got around to reading it. Holy hell, it is one of The best things I have ever read. Any one have any recommendations for similar books? Or books with a similar mood/ tone. I love anything subtly eerie, books about sociopaths and maternal ambivalence.

It's not nearly as well-written but I think you'd like The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth too.

Though I like the genre, the Good Sister was so poorly written, it's hard to recommend. Mother-in-law was better.

Anonymous wrote:It's one of my top 10 favorite books.

What's the other 9?

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Anonymous wrote:The Dinner by Herman Koch is somewhat similar. My book club read We Need to Talk About Kevin and we still talk about it sometimes, it has that effect on people.

Just downloaded The Dinner, I believe that was made into a movie as well.

PP who hated Kevin, I also hated The Dinner.

If you like those, you’ll probably like Defending Jacob as well.

I loved all 3 of those books.

Thought of another one…A Nearly Normal Family by M.T. Edvardsson

You might find, "And I Don't Want to Live This Life" a compelling read. It's written by the mother of Nancy (Spungen?) girlfriend of Sid Vicious. If I remember correctly, Nancy was a baby who was difficult from the get go, her parents by mother's account were very young, and her mom believes ultimately she had an underlying psychosis in addition to severe personality issues and a sadistic/sociopathic streak. She was just uncontrollable, very troubled but less was known then and less could be done. They tried...They had two other children (one of whom is I think Susan Spungen, well known food editor who worked at martha stewart).

Anonymous wrote:It is a badly written book.

+1 yup!

I read that boo kback in the day. It's stuck with me - so disturbing. I'm not sure I "loved it" but it was a heck of a story.

Gillian Flynn's other books - not Gone Girl - kinda remind me of it a little in terms of creepy stories. Sharp Objects and I forget the other one, but that one might be more compelling.

Anonymous wrote:I liked the book. I read it in a book club. My book club friends who worked in schools as special ed teachers really did not like the book. I think it just hit too close to home.

I read The Post-Birthday World after Kevin, because I thought I liked the author but I didn't enjoy that book as much.

I’m a special Ed teacher and avoided it for the same reason

I liked the book. I read it in a book club. My book club friends who worked in schools as special ed teachers really did not like the book. I think it just hit too close to home.

I read The Post-Birthday World after Kevin, because I thought I liked the author but I didn't enjoy that book as much.

Anonymous wrote:If you like that book, please read this other short story by Lionel Shriver that is fantastic. I read it in the New Yorker years ago and it wowed me.

Btw for those who don’t know, Lionel Shriver is a woman.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/01/kilifi-creek-lionel-shriver-bbc-short-story-2014-winner

Thank you to whomever posted this link. This story is amazing.

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Anonymous wrote:The Dinner by Herman Koch is somewhat similar. My book club read We Need to Talk About Kevin and we still talk about it sometimes, it has that effect on people.

Just downloaded The Dinner, I believe that was made into a movie as well.

PP who hated Kevin, I also hated The Dinner.

If you like those, you’ll probably like Defending Jacob as well.

I loved all 3 of those books.

If you like that book, please read this other short story by Lionel Shriver that is fantastic. I read it in the New Yorker years ago and it wowed me.

Btw for those who don’t know, Lionel Shriver is a woman.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/01/kilifi-creek-lionel-shriver-bbc-short-story-2014-winner

Anonymous wrote:I’ve owned this book since 2005 and only now got around to reading it. Holy hell, it is one of The best things I have ever read. Any one have any recommendations for similar books? Or books with a similar mood/ tone. I love anything subtly eerie, books about sociopaths and maternal ambivalence.

It's not nearly as well-written but I think you'd like The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth too.

It's one of my top 10 favorite books.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Dinner by Herman Koch is somewhat similar. My book club read We Need to Talk About Kevin and we still talk about it sometimes, it has that effect on people.

Just downloaded The Dinner, I believe that was made into a movie as well.

PP who hated Kevin, I also hated The Dinner.

If you like those, you’ll probably like Defending Jacob as well.

Anonymous wrote:The Dinner by Herman Koch is somewhat similar. My book club read We Need to Talk About Kevin and we still talk about it sometimes, it has that effect on people.

Just downloaded The Dinner, I believe that was made into a movie as well.