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As a general rule, I don't usually spend my little free time watching/reading fictional representations of children being raped. I don't find it fits within my small window allotted for "entertainment". I've seen/heard too much for it to be something I would spend my "fun" time doing. I bet there are others who might feel the same way, maybe Anna.

Non-fiction is different, and I did find Sebold's Lucky to be very grounded and interesting and incredibly honest. Her self-reflection and admittance about the usefulness of her racial/ethnic makeup/socioeconomic status/geographical location/etc in winning her case was amazing and rare.

There now, can I be forgiven for expecting that the horrific child rape/murder fable would not be particularly rewarding for me personally?

Nexa

Edited, Jan 26th 2010 2:48pm by Nexa

How can anyone hate the word "lovely". God, you're a stupid ****.

Nexa

This needs a new thread, but I hate: tenderly, moist, ointment, considerate, among others. Smash likes to use them in combination to irritate me. He'll say something about someone in some movie being a kind and considerate lover who tenderly blah blah blah and I'll just feel like I'm going to be sick.

Lovely, ain't it?

Nexa

Seems to be a pretty big club.

Very little revenge fantasy involved, as I recall (from the book - I haven't seen the movie). Yeah, it was nice that he died in the end; but most of it was the people around her dealing with losing her and not knowing who her killer was.

Or that's what I took away from it, anyway.

Yeah, I know. We're jerks, and we glorify violence against women and children.

THINK OF THE CHILDREN, FLEA.

Well, thank goodness my novel in progress is safe, then.

I'm grinding up baby livers for the ink.

11 what?

http://xkcd.com/670/

Maybe you're replying to Smash, I'm not sure, but that wasn't my point at all. I just meant that in real life, I have dealt not infrequently with people who have suffered pretty awful abuses and so, FOR ME, I don't really want to think about/observe fictional accounts along the same lines as a form of entertainment.

Nexa

While in 'imaginary' heaven Susie laments the fact that she died a virgin. Thus the sex scene.

It was a fantasy story.

I didn't see the movie, but thought the book-story was really all about Susie's desire - from beyond the grave to make a very tragic event more 'pleasant'. I liked it.

I understand not wanting to consistently experience horror or loss if you are already saturated with it in real life, but I find it not only interesting but encouraging that there is more to the story than the event itself.

I have to speak in other peoples' voices pretty consistently, and I don't think you can ever become immune to telling someone their loved one is dead, dying or permanently incapacitated due to violence. I hope I am never okay with it.

Personally, I liked that Susie's death was shown as tragic but ultimately not fatal to the family as a whole. The movie and the book are about the possibility of endurance even through the harshest experiences.