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Re: The 1 star review by professional reader "Merricat." I left this comment on her review and she deleted it, which only underscores the validity of my comment
This is an intellectually dishonest review. The tragedies “Merricat� cherrypicks without context for her review happen in life (all too frequently). It is, in fact, the very reason that they are triggering. Trauma and horror are used in art and fiction to create empathy and understanding for audiences with limited experience of the world around them. That is one of the ways we prevent tragedy from recurring: educating people about how it feels. There is a difference between disliking a book and misrepresenting the context of its content. Is this reviewer opining that writing about trauma and horrific events should be avoided? Or just specific events that are specifically triggering? Because, everything everywhere is specifically triggering to someone somewhere. Suggesting fiction isn’t worth of being published because one doesn’t like it is a really weird and obtuse position to take as a “professional� reader. And quite nearly verging on censorship.
This is an intellectually dishonest review. The tragedies “Merricat� cherrypicks without context for her review happen in life (all too frequently). It is, in fact, the very reason that they are triggering. Trauma and horror are used in art and fiction to create empathy and understanding for audiences with limited experience of the world around them. That is one of the ways we prevent tragedy from recurring: educating people about how it feels. There is a difference between disliking a book and misrepresenting the context of its content. Is this reviewer opining that writing about trauma and horrific events should be avoided? Or just specific events that are specifically triggering? Because, everything everywhere is specifically triggering to someone somewhere. Suggesting fiction isn’t worth of being published because one doesn’t like it is a really weird and obtuse position to take as a “professional� reader. And quite nearly verging on censorship.
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Jul 30, 2021 04:26PM
I didn't even know you could delete a comment left by someone else. In any event, I cannot find Merricat's Review, so I will assume she/he removed it. Good job!
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I totally agree. People that call books like these "trauma porn" are weird as fuck to me. Unfortunately I have similar experiences with Joan, which made this book hard to read but also cathartic.
