This is a complete aside, but I read your review on a shuttle between campuses, and it was most enlightening and entertaining. I've never really given much thought to how interesting it is to read about what people don't like in books, but it really was. I would have commented, but the wireless dropped out after about 5 minutes on the go. (But soon Toronto will be entirely wireless downtown, and I won't have this problem anymore.)
Oh, and also, I too am interested in how the aftermath of rape can influence a character, but I fear writing it. A little too hurt/comfort perhaps (or just too obvious? Or too emo? I dunno). I don't even know if it's rape per se that makes it interesting; trauma of any variety that leaves a psychic mark, something that echoes through a character's life, I dunno, that appeals to me in a character. Either as a something that's been overcome, or something that hasn't been, either way.
I try to resist being an angst whore, but sometimes...well, you know how it is.
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This is a complete aside, but I read your review on a shuttle between campuses, and it was most enlightening and entertaining. I've never really given much thought to how interesting it is to read about what people don't like in books, but it really was. I would have commented, but the wireless dropped out after about 5 minutes on the go. (But soon Toronto will be entirely wireless downtown, and I won't have this problem anymore.)
Oh, and also, I too am interested in how the aftermath of rape can influence a character, but I fear writing it. A little too hurt/comfort perhaps (or just too obvious? Or too emo? I dunno). I don't even know if it's rape per se that makes it interesting; trauma of any variety that leaves a psychic mark, something that echoes through a character's life, I dunno, that appeals to me in a character. Either as a something that's been overcome, or something that hasn't been, either way.
I try to resist being an angst whore, but sometimes...well, you know how it is.