tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516172863710781538.post2694633395564835026..comments2023-06-21T11:31:31.694-04:00Comments on Keystrokes & Word Counts: What offends you in writing?MBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325522661963443320noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516172863710781538.post-86274694421234605472011-03-15T13:56:42.313-04:002011-03-15T13:56:42.313-04:00One of the things I like about Anne Rice's boo...One of the things I like about Anne Rice's books is that her opinion has changed so much as she writes... and continues to change... in all of her books her characters play such a great "devils advocate" in the debates... I never felt like one side is represented - and one side is silent...<br /><br />As for sex scenes... they don't really offend me, but yes, they can be a turn off. I don't mind sex scenes (it's a part of life), but it's not my favourite thing to read about. Some classics have done a great job with sex scenes... others just throw them around to sell books.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17713870959347500414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516172863710781538.post-32757314586902891532011-03-15T12:41:56.525-04:002011-03-15T12:41:56.525-04:00Sometimes it's not just a genre thing, I mean ...Sometimes it's not just a genre thing, I mean unless you're very religious and say GLBT books turn you off (although, it might help one to understand those types of people to read them, but I digress..). Sometimes I think it can be a particular author or even just one story they write that can effect someone. <br /><br />Take for example, Anne Rice. While her books have always been adult in content (Interview with a Vampire and that series had no shortage of sex scenes) if someone who enjoyed the vamp stuff came across her Fairytale related stories, which are in fact quite pornographic, I could see someone being offended by the detail she goes into. I'd probably just stay away from that particular series of books, but I'd still read and enjoy her other stuff.MBeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17325522661963443320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516172863710781538.post-24255407765346561852011-03-15T12:35:04.538-04:002011-03-15T12:35:04.538-04:00I think that's the reason for classifying the ...I think that's the reason for classifying the genres...if a genre does not suit me, I choose not to read it...:)Rona Gohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04970460661320206913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516172863710781538.post-42489820406334989072011-03-15T12:19:35.390-04:002011-03-15T12:19:35.390-04:00Ya know what? I take it back that nothing has offe...Ya know what? I take it back that nothing has offended me...although offended is pretty strong a term. Turned me off and made me stop reading would be better. I'm talking about the Anita Blake books. I loved them and read the first 9 or so until they turned into more porn than plot line...and I don't mind sex in my books, but I don't need a sex scene every 3rd page.MBeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17325522661963443320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516172863710781538.post-24490797400516668882011-03-15T12:05:21.117-04:002011-03-15T12:05:21.117-04:00It's pretty hard to offend me...
But I can ge...It's pretty hard to offend me...<br /><br />But I can get offended when reading fiction, if the authors political views are blatantly and obnoxiously obvious. And I tend to find radical (crazy) views to be offensive... For instance, I always found the Left Behind books to be extremely offensive (even though I only read the first).<br /><br />99% of books don't offend me - Characters in books never offend me... It's just that 1% of authors that do.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17713870959347500414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516172863710781538.post-44844968301775527982011-03-15T10:46:48.034-04:002011-03-15T10:46:48.034-04:00I haven't come across a book that I found offe...I haven't come across a book that I found offensive yet either. It's just a book, as far as I know the author wasn't writing anything with the purpose of offending me or the readers.Patricia JLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17582005500429122486noreply@blogger.com