tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post2823511423295993687..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: I wish I'd been warned...Julia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-88727533932581113482010-09-24T00:04:42.489-04:002010-09-24T00:04:42.489-04:00Sandra, I, too, hate reading about abuse of childr...Sandra, I, too, hate reading about abuse of children and animals. You're right that they're something you can't get out of your head, and in my case, bother me greatly for a very long time. I think what makes them doubly hard for us is that we can't do anything about the real cases - unless we stumble across one. I'm not a violent person, but I'd like to line up those Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14500345360900905162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-71005624266086508852010-09-23T06:56:37.491-04:002010-09-23T06:56:37.491-04:00I don't believe in censorship -- I believe in ...I don't believe in censorship -- I believe in choice. Sometimes our choices will be wrong. You already knew what the book was about but chose to read it anyway. Your choice as it should be.<br />I don't care for the idea of labels. To me it is one step closer to censorship,It becomes another way of saying "I'm not able to choose. You do it for me."Mary@GigglesandGunshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350818228268801008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-50208005660620190682010-09-22T21:13:32.039-04:002010-09-22T21:13:32.039-04:00I don't want to read torture scenes either. I ...I don't want to read torture scenes either. I usually hear about them long before I pick up the book, so I manage to avoid most exposure I don't want.L.J. Sellershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10213491074676394406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-23041171885932022092010-09-22T19:20:27.870-04:002010-09-22T19:20:27.870-04:00I, too, am a big fan of Nevada Barr so, even thoug...I, too, am a big fan of Nevada Barr so, even though I had some idea of the content of Burn, I bought it anyway. But I had a very big problem, especially at the end, when she did subject us to some pretty horrifying scenes.<br /><br />I read mysteries largely because I know the bad guy will be caught, justice will be done, and everything will be all right in the end. In Burn, things will never be Elise M. Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12548587381862555229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-62985481159570240012010-09-22T16:35:35.364-04:002010-09-22T16:35:35.364-04:00I don't believe in censorship other than what ...I don't believe in censorship other than what I do for myself. I admit I quickly passed over Barr's passage describing the photos, and I am apt to do that when things get too graphic for me. I think that there is more violence and "eww" in the media, and arts, and that is reflected in our literature. I did read the review of "Burn' in the NYTimes, and the brutality was lil Glucksternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288522126331817172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-29967195070171099632010-09-22T14:25:31.173-04:002010-09-22T14:25:31.173-04:00My list is pretty close to yours. I've gotten...My list is pretty close to yours. I've gotten frustrated when a series I love gets progressively darker.Kathleen Ernsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009876100214388898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-87685969603438762642010-09-22T13:10:28.576-04:002010-09-22T13:10:28.576-04:00I write pretty dark stuff, but I don't write e...I write pretty dark stuff, but I don't write explicit torture scenes of any kind, whether it be adult, children or animals. I may, if it's necessary, I will mention it happened, but you'll never see it in my pages. For that matter, I've never done a novel with female victims. <br /><br />I also do not want to read those things. I still have never read or watched any of the Pat Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08824114343214016153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-58148650348249696752010-09-22T09:56:07.274-04:002010-09-22T09:56:07.274-04:00I am adamantly opposed to censorship -- writers sh...I am adamantly opposed to censorship -- writers should be free to write what they feel they must. I'm an adult, and if I can't take a certain kind of scene, I can stop reading (or listening). As I said in the post, I applaud Nevada Barr for tackling a tough topic without flinching. Dealing with graphic descriptions is MY problem.<br /><br />How do you feel about ratings for movies? They Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-81868198349507010792010-09-22T09:09:06.727-04:002010-09-22T09:09:06.727-04:00I don't want warnings on books. Usually, if I ...I don't want warnings on books. Usually, if I run across something like the scenes in the Barr book I just try to skip ahead or if it goes on and on just stop reading and return the book to the library or whatever. I had that book for review though so I had to finish it-though I did skip through several pages!<br />Women and children being abused, graphically described murder or torture to carynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761365713102858135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-90951064223698536552010-09-22T08:44:00.469-04:002010-09-22T08:44:00.469-04:00I absolutely don't want warnings -- and that&#...I absolutely don't want warnings -- and that's speaking as a reader as well as a writer. I'm capable of picking up a book and reading the cover copy and then taking a chance.<br /><br />There have been books I put down. The excellent THE THINGS THEY CARRIED about Vietnam had a scene with brutal treatment of an animal and, though I'd read through pages of terrible thing happening Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-77937598604934777132010-09-22T08:42:43.783-04:002010-09-22T08:42:43.783-04:00My main character was sexually abused as a child. ...My main character was sexually abused as a child. My short story, "Daddy's Little Girl" ( don't mean to BSP, but if you want to understand how I treated the abuse, here's the link. http://voicesfromthegarage.com/story/daddys-little-girl)was the basis for my WIP. I didn't protray the sex graphically but dealt with the effects because I don't want to write about thatE. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-30703656229224565282010-09-22T08:26:24.045-04:002010-09-22T08:26:24.045-04:00I won't read any book where a person is sexual...I won't read any book where a person is sexually abused. I was reading a series and a favorite character was sexually abused. I wrote to the author and was told it was part of the story to help the character move on and I just didn't like it because the rape happened on the pages.Druhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978384022143035332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-29314596200926973782010-09-22T08:11:16.816-04:002010-09-22T08:11:16.816-04:00I haven't read Burn yet, but I love Nevada Bar...I haven't read Burn yet, but I love Nevada Barr's writing, and I respect that she doesn't pull her punches.<br /><br />One benchmark in my reading history: in fifth grade I read a nice book (I forget the author--maybe Beverly Cleary?) about a happy family, and as I remember it the protagonist was a girl of about my age. One day she did something her parents had forbidden her to do:Sheila Connollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165644581595919711noreply@blogger.com