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applegrove

(123,680 posts)
Wed Feb 29, 2012, 09:06 PM Feb 2012

I read a lot. And what I hate most is when a writer throws in a little incest or sexual abuse in a [View all]

book when it isn't a main theme of the story. I would not read the book if that was the main arc. But as it is, I find myself skipping over that part of the book, so I don't have to give up the time and emotion I have already invested in the main characters and story. Why do authors do this?

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