Is Sex really necessary?

[Adrianna Melillo]

I don’t think the sex was completely out of place, but I definitely feel like there was too much. I feel readers got the point after the first few occurrences. After a while it just got old and didn’t seem necessary. With everything that was going on, I thought the characters would be more focused on their mission and safety. I get that sex was likely to happen, but I got a little tired of reading about it after so long. Having said that, I’m thankful none of the scenes were drug out or explicit.

[Sushan Ekanayake]

Good question. Sex is not necessary for a story to be enjoyable. I think some authors have adopted the trait because they believe majority will be drawn to read the book. But what I know, with or without inclusion of sex scenes, a good story will sell.

Absolutely. If the story is good, there is no need of additional stuff to attract readers

[Sushan Ekanayake]

I don’t think the sex was completely out of place, but I definitely feel like there was too much. I feel readers got the point after the first few occurrences. After a while it just got old and didn’t seem necessary. With everything that was going on, I thought the characters would be more focused on their mission and safety. I get that sex was likely to happen, but I got a little tired of reading about it after so long. Having said that, I’m thankful none of the scenes were drug out or explicit.

If the author wanted to highlight ssomething via such content, as you said, it would have been included only once or twice

[Prachi Randeria]

I would be dishonest if I said that the sex scenes in the book were totally unnecessary. For me, sex is a natural occurrence and everyone would normally have urges, it’s now left for you as a person to decide to physically get involved sexually or not. So generally, I think it was just normal for Grant as a young guy to have sex even amidst the quest of finding his Uncle. The book is a good read.

I agree with you. Sometimes our natural instincts and need take over the pressing issues of life.

That is correct. But most of the time when we give in to those natural urges, we fail

I believe connecting natural urges to failure is not quite right. We may fail due to many reasons, blaming it all on sex is not just.

[Vic Chimezie]

Sex is natural. I have read a book that after the author described her so well, I began to wonder about her sexuality. I wasn't disappointed as the author did justice to my quest. Hence, sex might not be important in this plot but it covers the human aspect of the character in question.

[Nama Winnie]

I found it distasteful. I can't understand how it was necessary for the story. Many times, at least for me, books lose their interest because of things like overly graphic sex, violence, and profanity thrown into it. Books can be excellent reads without it!

I agree with you. Books can be great without all that. But in this case I felt like the author was illustrating the effects of the drug and more of our baser needs as humans

[Nama Winnie]

I agree with you. Sometimes our natural instincts and need take over the pressing issues of life.

That is correct. But most of the time when we give in to those natural urges, we fail

I believe connecting natural urges to failure is not quite right. We may fail due to many reasons, blaming it all on sex is not just.

I agree with you Prachi, we can't all be walking around blaming our problems on sex

[Nama Winnie]

I don’t think the sex was completely out of place, but I definitely feel like there was too much. I feel readers got the point after the first few occurrences. After a while it just got old and didn’t seem necessary. With everything that was going on, I thought the characters would be more focused on their mission and safety. I get that sex was likely to happen, but I got a little tired of reading about it after so long. Having said that, I’m thankful none of the scenes were drug out or explicit.

I also get bored with the sex scenes after awhile and start skipping them

[Nama Winnie]

Sex is natural. I have read a book that after the author described her so well, I began to wonder about her sexuality. I wasn't disappointed as the author did justice to my quest. Hence, sex might not be important in this plot but it covers the human aspect of the character in question.

I love myself a good romance book every once in a while. Some authors actually have really great scenes that aren't sordid

[Nama Winnie]

For me, sex is important to a book especially when its genre is “romantic/erotic”. That’s what people look forward to, to relate and to feel what the author is trying to say. Sex i s important cause it gives move connection to the content and it gives light to the whole book especially when we say a reader looks forward to that certain kind of topic. I feel like sex is the most awaited part of the book.

there are readers who view explicit sexual content in any book as porn, which I find to be unfair at times. I feel dissapointed when a good romance book lacks sex scenes in totality or has poorly written scenes.

it's a natural process that guys should create room for.

that said I find them to be out of place in some genres

[Hana isa]

I don't think so. Reading something like that makes me feel awful. I usually prefer books without sexual content.

[Brenda Creech]

I found it distasteful. I can't understand how it was necessary for the story. Many times, at least for me, books lose their interest because of things like overly graphic sex, violence, and profanity thrown into it. Books can be excellent reads without it!

I agree with you. Books can be great without all that. But in this case I felt like the author was illustrating the effects of the drug and more of our baser needs as humans

I'm sure you are right! I just always have a difficult time with explicit material!

[Nwaogazie Goodness]

Sex is part of life. If a writer decides to employ such, it's fine!

[Sushan Ekanayake]

I agree with you. Sometimes our natural instincts and need take over the pressing issues of life.

That is correct. But most of the time when we give in to those natural urges, we fail

I believe connecting natural urges to failure is not quite right. We may fail due to many reasons, blaming it all on sex is not just.

That is a fair argument. Failure is multifactorial

[Sushan Ekanayake]

Sex is natural. I have read a book that after the author described her so well, I began to wonder about her sexuality. I wasn't disappointed as the author did justice to my quest. Hence, sex might not be important in this plot but it covers the human aspect of the character in question.

It is a human aspect. Necessity of it in the plot is the issue