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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
Are we talking about individual character profanity, here, or narrative profanity? Because I don't think twice about a character who uses profanity constantly, if that is part of their character.
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For me, constant character profanity is a huge irritation. It gets to a certain point and then I put the book away permanently. I can hear it (and do) all day every day and I really don't want to have to read it all the time. Here and there is one thing.
My favorite genre is crime/mystery. Too often there is a hard-boiled detective character who can't seem to solve the crime unless he swears his way through it. It's annoying. Martha Grimes does it well with her Richard Jury series (haven't read her latest, so maybe that has changed). There was the occasional profanity but nothing even remotely excessive. And he even managed to solve the crimes!
