I enjoyed all the different perspectives into lives of those involved in a school shooting, and the fact the shooter had lived. Several months ago I had read an article titled "I am Adam Lanza's Mother" which talked about not being able to get your child help, and fearing they would do a school shooting. 19 Minutes gives the reader an opportunity to walk in the shoes of a villian, and also quesstion if he is a villian. Life is about choices and living with those choices and 19 Minutes does a great job of showing the results and consequences of many of those which several of us might make.This was my first but will not be my last Jodi Picoult read.