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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
'Cause for many readers, a character crying; "shucky-darns!" when they smash their finger—or are confronted with major adversity—just doesn't quite cut it. It's no real mystery, here. People who swear regularly in their daily lives are more likely to write a book with swearing in it. Make sense?
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There was
one book where gratuitous sex really became obvious to me: Replay by Ken Grimwood. Loved the book. There was a large section where the two main characters are exploring a life filled with casual sex and recreational drugs. But that made sense to the story, and it was incredibly interesting. THEN there was this random out-of-nowhere sex scene that didn't advance the story, didn't have any bearing on the characters, and really just pulled me out of the story. This happened near the end of the book, and I was never able to get back into the story. It really ruined the story for me. No plans to read it again or recommend it to anyone, even though I enjoyed everything but that scene. But it dominates my memory of the book and tainted the ending for me.
As for swearing... I recently watched Burlesque. (Yeah, I know. I had hoped, despite the negative reviews, that I would at least enjoy the costumes, make-up and choreography. Turns out all those things sort of sucked.) Anyway, the characters randomly drop a few f-bombs and it felt forced and didn't go with the story
at all. Some of that was bad acting, but mostly I think it was bad writing. Maybe the writers don't know how to swear properly?
