Wow. What an incandescent ball of light this book is; a scorching, eviscerating examination of nature versus nurture and the limits of parental love. Shriver shines a unflinching light on the bits of being parents we’d all prefer to keep hidden and unsaid. What do we do if we regret becoming parents, and it’s too late? What if we have a child we don’t actually like? What if we believe our child is capable of great evil, and we’re right? What then? This is an utterly believable nightmare wrapped up in a gripping story. You will be thinking and talking about Kevin for a very long time.
