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Originally Posted by DNSB
The major issue for me is that several of MZB's books have scenes of sexual exploitation of children in them. When I originally read them, I felt that from what I knew of history, the eras in which the books were set did have sexual exploitation of children so simply true to the historical settings. Looking at some of those scenes in light of have lived a few more decades and having read about her beliefs, I find it much harder to accept them as now I tend to find myself reading them as thinly disguised moralization of pedophilia.
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Yeah, I'm aware of those scenes and I definitely agree with you there. But this is a relatively minor part of her writing. And of course, given the setting, sexual abuse of children would almost certainly exist there, no matter MZB's personal views on the matter. But yeah, she was a bit too much of an apologist in this.
MZB is not and has never been one of my favorite writers. I've read a few of her books both before and after the revelations about her personal life. I'm not sure if I'm going to read any more, as I don't like her writing that much, and there are far too many other books to read. But neither am I saying I'll never read her again. I might.