Ways to make me throw a book across a room. (if it didn't belong to the library)

[lyssie]

Start your book with a female character in hiding due to being sexually-assaulted, and then spend paragraphs detailing the activities.

The book is 'Grasp the Stars' by Jennifer Wingert. From the back, it sounds like cracky political space opera. From the FIRST PAGE it reads like softcore noncon porn.

*shudders*

Comments

[alryssa.livejournal.com]

Lovely.

-.-

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

Shouldn't that be "my other car is a base star" ? ;]

[alryssa.livejournal.com]

But... but... I love the Galactica more!

I am seriously contemplating custom ordering or designing some bumper stickers with that on, though, since I cannot find any for love or money on the internets. Might ask the flist if there would be sufficient interest for me to do a little storefront or something. Doubt I'd make anything, really, but hey. If the demand's there...

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

Hrm. Maybe poke flists?

And in reality, you are right! Boomer's favorite is the big G, too.

[alryssa.livejournal.com]

Yeeees. I shall do so! Perhaps donate proceeds to charity.

Gods, my brain is mush. *curls up on you*

[miera-c.livejournal.com]

I think there needs to be a website that lists books for possible trigger warnings like this. Every book that doesn't have any indication that it contains this kind of violence, I would rather know before I buy it or try to read it.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

That could take a lot of time. Sigh. And I used to have such a high tolerance for this bullshit.

[miera-c.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it would have to be a collective project with people providing the reports.

I used to just live with this kind of content but the older I get the less tolerance I have for it.

[star-lace.livejournal.com]

Ugh that's horrible. :/

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

Yes. Sigh. It's not the first book I've read where rape was a central theme within the first three pages, either. Which is kind of sickening.

[redstarrobot.livejournal.com]

I think all authors need to receive a lolcat that says, "Y halo thar! If ur using rape or child abuse for characterization, ur doing it wrong."

[cafeetdior.livejournal.com]

At least it's a library loan, rather than having spent hard-earned cash on buying. Are you going to complain about it - if the publisher starts getting negative feedback, it might help to start changing how acceptable this is? I'll accept violence if it's essential for a story but the prurience that surrounds sexual violence is offensive.

[kurukami.livejournal.com]

So true. Stuff like that is why I tend to read the first ten to twenty pages of a book before buying it.

Also, yick. Bad author. I'll have to avoid her.

[kali921.livejournal.com]

Oh, Jesus, NO. UGH.

[zahdahe.livejournal.com]

Assualted on the 1st page and then said author goes into graphic details. Imo not had that fear of being assaulted/attacked lives in the ladn of shit faced jackarseland and the publisher - well males! No disrespect to intelligent males. But c'mon this just stretches the ability to read 1st chapter and not set fire to it outside the publishers main office! Writers needs to go to a support group and speak to women trying to function after an attack. it nevers stops in your head it is sometimes on conitnual fucking playback. AVOIDING BOOK. Probably won't get sent over here. I pray not! Sorry stopped ranting now!