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Originally Posted by gmw
Why does the genre matter? Aside from books for very young children, it is difficult to think of a genre that doesn't kill people as a matter of course. So why do animals get special treatment?
(I'm guilty of the special treatment too, but I do find it an interesting phenomena.)
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I don't think many romance novels kill people, but that is a feel good genre.
Animals get special treatment because they are dependent on us.
Now like Hitch, I have a story I would love to write but I can't do it without one particular character and I refuse to put that character in my book.