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I DNF'd a very popular science fiction title because of the very graphic description of a sexual assault in the first 30 pages. I am not squeamish - my job is to represent domestic violence victims - but it was not handled well AT ALL. It felt performative and gratuitous and did not serve a great point in the story, even if that character was going to become someone awesome later. If you have to do something that brutal to a female character just to give her a redemptive arc, you aren't a very good storyteller.
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