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Originally Posted by Sirtel
Content rating in a couple of letters is one thing; a mile-long list of every possible thing that could possibly trigger someone is a far cry from it. And there isn't probably anything in existence that couldn't be a trigger for someone - an eating or cooking scene could trigger someone with anorexia, an action scene could trigger someone who has been chased, mugged, beaten or threatened in real life, a car chasing scene someone who's been in a car accident, nasty parents someone who had an unhappy childhood and so on. Shall we insert a condensed version of the plot in the beginning of every book out there to avoid complaining reviewers afterwards?
I too have a trigger - animal abuse. And I have left books unfinished because of it, even very good books, because I was just unable to read further. Knowing the animal in question was completely fictional didn't help. Did I write a review berating the author for not warning me and giving me nightmares? No. The world is full of nasty, unpleasant things, that's life. And naturally the books meant for adults reflect it; how could it be otherwise?
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My wife and I watch some medical programs and one of the warnings is "May contain scenes of a graphic medical nature." Which basically says the viewer is stupid. It's a medical program. DUH!