As I read my way though most of this book, I thought, "Good book but really more about family characters and their complications and not really issue-driven. Then...good grief! Talk about a slow build! Stealth isn't even the word for how the author does this! It's the end of the book, and NOW I have to process all of this? I need both therapy AND sweeping political change to deal with this book! Highly recommended! (In case you're wondering, the ostensible and eponymous protagonist is a young man, Oliver Loving, who is shot at a school-shooting by a young man with a AR-15.) I'm considering it as one of the books for The Progressive Book Club.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I will check it out. In that vein, have you read/seen We Need to Talk About Kevin?
Palindromeman
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Apr 22, 2018
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@BookDeath True story. My brother offered it to me second hand in Tokyo. He was about to move to London and was decluttering. I took it off his hands and read it. It Impacted and compacted every single god damn reason I don't want children. So, it was a fun read.
