How's this for screwed up?

When pondering what I wanted to read next, I decided that a book about the American healthcare system (Lionel Shriver's So Much for That) was more anxiety inducing than a zombie novel. Of course, zombies are somewhat less likely than having to use your retirement money and then some after a life of cubicle dwelling to care for a terminally ill partner. The fact that the last Lionel Shriver book I read left me in an emotional state akin to a crumpled up paper towel may be related.