I'm just saying...

...that while Lionel Shriver's We Need to Talk About Kevin is one of the more powerful and thought-provoking books I've read in a while, I'm not sure it's necessarily the most uplifting choice for either a new or prospective parent (it's written from the perspective of the mother of a teenager who has committed a Columbine-style school massacre). After finishing it I switched to a mystery, and despite featuring a killing on the first page it's positively light and airy by comparison...