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01-27-2016, 10:18 PM | #32 |
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The only book I wish I had put down was "Don't cry, it's only thunder". It was about a soldier and an orphanage in Vietnam. True story.
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01-28-2016, 12:58 PM | #33 |
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01-28-2016, 01:06 PM | #34 |
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True crime books don't affect me nearly as much as fiction. In true crime I've read the crime details generally seem to be presented with enough clinical detachment that I as a reader can also be detached. But a fiction writer can be more gruesome and evocative.
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01-28-2016, 03:45 PM | #35 | |
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My nine year old daughter does this stuff all the time with TV. If it seems like the main character is going to get in trouble or hurt, she stops watching.
I'm always tempted to quote "The Simpsons' and say "Sweetie, how will you ever become desensitized to the violence if you don't watch?" But I've resisted. Quote:
With "Gerald's Game," I was alone over night in a near-deserted airport and it was just too creepy. I finished it later in more comfortable surroundings. With the doors locked. And a loaded gun by my side. And a handcuff key within reach. With "Misery," it was more in line with the OP's meaning, I think. When it got to the scene with the bucket of mop water, I just said "Eew, I don't like where this is going!" and gave up on it. Liked the movie, though. Last edited by ApK; 01-28-2016 at 03:53 PM. |
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01-28-2016, 09:25 PM | #36 |
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Is this your first Hardy book? If so, and this is your reaction, I can't recommend you read any of his others...
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01-29-2016, 05:44 AM | #37 |
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There are some books in this thread which have now ended up on my TBR list.
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01-29-2016, 06:24 AM | #38 | |
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On another note, my daughter had a favorite series when she was younger that we recorded on VHS that she watched again and again. One of the episodes had a scene where cement was poured into the kitchen and she'd run out of the room until the scene was over. Everytime. She doesn't like to re-watch, re-read anything that has made her the slightest bit squeamish... a natural reaction, methinks. |
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And for me, the fact that it wasn't fiction, that he had really done these things to these poor girls was awful. I've read a lot of true crime, but usually a single murder or two. Except for Bundy I avoid serial killer books, or I skip a lot of the details. What I'm usually interested in is how they were caught, so the investigation. And the trial. |
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