A book that has disturbed/depressed you too much
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Re: A book that has disturbed/depressed you too much
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Those books are so disturbing and enraging.
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They're actually pretty easy for me to write! Difficult to read though...pretzelsnow wrote:I personally hate pessimistic books.They make me too sad!I would never write them!
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I am so sorry.GwenWood wrote:Lucky - Alice Siebold, that book hits way too close to home for me. Any rape scenes, for that matter are quite difficult for me to read but her story was a little too close to mine.
I avoid books my Ken Follett for that reason. I have read two by him, Pillars of the Earth and The Third Twin. Both include an actual or fantasy rape scene written from the agressor's point of view. Although Follett also writes sympathetically about the victims, he seems to understand a rapist's mindset just a little too well for my comfort. However, I am glad I read Pillars of the Earth, when in college. It brought me to tears, and really helped me sympathize with victims.
About what books a person should avoid, I think that is very personal. Different people will be depressed or even traumatized by different books. So I don't feel there is much of a shortcut to this. Just to stop reading when you start to find a book repellent. And as you come to know yourself better, you will be quicker at recognizing books that will not be worth it TO YOU.
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The series Debt Inheritance left me upset and unable to sleep well for two days.
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GwenWood wrote:Lucky - Alice Siebold, that book hits way too close to home for me. Any rape scenes, for that matter are quite difficult for me to read but her story was a little too close to mine.
Absolutely disturbing and depressing.
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Its unique that I have such an intense reaction to a story or even part of a story. When I find the author has presented characters who are so real I feel their emotions as my own I know I'm reading something deeply personal. I feel as im being permitted to spy on their most personal moments. Mostly if I am feeling it, it was meant to be felt.
That being said story lines that center around child abuse are particularly difficult for me. Despite the authors descriptive talents to paint a character who is very different from my own physically I can't help but picture my kids especially if they are in the same age range. I don't avoid these books but I may wait to read them until I feel emotionally ready for the tears.
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