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I had to put down The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson..it was disturbing.. i liked the first half of the book but by the end, things got too much R rated.

Size 14 Isn't Fat Either by Meg Cabot... I admit I listened to the whole thing, but had never heard the "f" word so much! Too bad because it is a cute little mystery...apparently the sequel to Size 12 Isn't Fat. She talks a lot about sex too. It's about college-age kids, so there you go.

I just abandoned "Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?" by Mindy Kehling. I'd heard it was hilarious, and after a steady diet of disturbing books (zombies and Rwandan genocide), I needed some levity. It disappointed, and the language was terrible.

Thanks for the heads up. My 13 yo daughter was interested in this because the author wrote the Spiderwick series.

Denise wrote: "Thanks for the heads up. My 13 yo daughter was interested in this because the author wrote the Spiderwick series."

Be VERY careful with Meg Cabot, she has some sort of innocent YA books, but most of them are at least a little inappropriate.

Holly Black wrote Spiderwick chronicles and I think that is a cleanish series if you don't mind violence and a few other minor things, but her YA Faerie series Tithe is very YA and not what I would recommend as a clean read, though it could be much worse.

Loralee wrote: "I could not finish "The Time Traveler's Wife." The language was strong and the sexual content made me very uncomfortable. "

the language got me on that one too, I haven't even seen the movie, but I was surprised, such strong language doesn't seem 'necessary' when the premise of the book is interesting enough

I was disappointed by Juliet Marillier's book "Hearts Blood". I'd read her "Wildwood Dancing" and enjoyed it, but "Hearts Blood" included some pages of descriptions of torture and various unnecessary passages describing sexual relations. Too bad, because the storyline was imaginative

After reading most of A Song for Summer, which had been a very engaging story, I got rid of the book. I don't remember it being graphic in detail, but the H/h get separated and the heroine ends up married to another man. Basically in the end she cheats on him with the hero after they meet up again, her husband cheats on her with some other chick, freeing up that girl's husband to marry the one he really loves...it was a fiasco (to me at least)! But of course everybody ends up with who they want and lives happily ever after! I just couldn't get with the 'hey everybody cheats and wins!'scenario. To me that was about as bad if not worse than explicit content, at least I can skip that, but this, for me, made the story just...all wrong.

I have had so many I could not finish. sometimes I was disgusted by morel stuff or the book just went on and I could not concentrate on it. Lots of times it is nonfiction that I just get tired of the subject on.

I started reading The Night Circus and the F word is in the first few pages. I quit reading, though really disappointed as it seemed so promising and my friends all loved it. They also told me that the word only occurred that one time. Still, it bugged me that the author used it. Especially since she seems so talented and capable of conveying her message by other means.The Night Circus

Michelle wrote: "I started reading The Night Circus and the F word is in the first few pages. I quit reading, though really disappointed as it seemed so promising and my friends all loved it. They also told me tha..."

so disappointing

I was trying to read I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak, and I only got to page 2 before the swearing became too much for me. Like I heard my 7th grade teacher tell me, "Why show an inferiority in language by using swear words when there is a plethora of English words to use to express yourself more clearly?"

Samm wrote: "I was trying to read I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak, and I only got to page 2 before the swearing became too much for me. Like I heard my 7th grade teacher tell me, "Why show an inferiority i..."

It is so ridiculous.

Kim wrote: "Size 14 Isn't Fat Either by Meg Cabot... I admit I listened to the whole thing, but had never heard the "f" word so much! Too bad because it is a cute little mystery...apparently the sequel to Siz..."

I read one of hers and the mystery was so good as you said. She totally ruined it with the vulgarity. Sad.

I started reading a free book I got on Kindle. So glad it was free. Worse book ever. Never try the The Fey Not only did I not like the sensual stuff and language. It was really bad writing and strange to boot. UGH. Only got through 3 short chapters.

Lora wrote: "So glad I found this group...good to see I'm not the only one who finds cussing, graphic scenes, etc. offensive.

I just put down Before Women Had Wings after only a couple of pages. Many "GD's."..."

Amen. I am glad for all the posts so I can avoid these book. It is crazy how popular many of these books are on the charts or were when they came out.

Anna wrote: "The Constant Princess

The constant princess was a major disappointment because I was hoping beyond that this book would make me really like Katherina of Aagorn. It didn't. What turned me off was h..."

I had wanted to read "Lovely Bones." I know not to now.

deleted user wrote: "Do not read "Ellen Foster" by Kay Gibbons. In fact, don't read any of Kay Gibbons books. On page 1 of "Ellen Foster" the YA Ellen is considering how to kill her drunk father - the reason - rape - c..."

It is sickening what schools think kids should read. No politically correct either.

I had to put down "Saints" by Orson Scott Card. I am very dissapointed in how he had to put in many sexual scenes, many swear words (some may say that some of the swear words don't count because they can be found in the Bible....they count for me), and I did not like how he depicted the Prophets and Apostles for the LDS church. I have read other book by him and enjoyed them. I will now have to pick up a book from him very carefully because of how "Saints" was written.

And BTW: I love this! I wonder if we could somehow make a list (verses having to read through all the comments) of what books people have "put down". I appreciate all the "whys" and "explainations"but sometimes it would be nice just to reference a list.

Thanks!

It was interesting to read some of these posts because I had to put down most of the same books. I was disappointed in Meg Cabots book - "the Size 14 mysteries" seriously the language. Lovely Bones I read for a book club but hated it. And "Wicked" is just strange and bazaar - nothing like the Broadway play which is fantastic. I am a Jane Austen fan and love even the fan fiction except when they take liberties with sexual content - we don't have to reinvent Jane's characters. I purchased the new JK Rowling's book on a pre sale before the reviews were out and promptly returned it as it has the "f" word 214 times and some of the themes were listed as disturbing. She is such a good writer - why did she have to go to the DARK side!

Heidi wrote: "It was interesting to read some of these posts because I had to put down most of the same books. I was disappointed in Meg Cabots book - "the Size 14 mysteries" seriously the language. Lovely B..."

Everything degenerates. Suddenly when you go from young people books to adult they seem to think to sell the unacceptable language is needed and acceptable.
I also took a book to the library yesterday after reading 3 pages. I do not even remember the name.(I had checked out so many and had not focused on the name really.I check out a lot hoping 1 or 2 will be decent.) It is so hard to know when you get a book at the library how it will be.I wish there were ratings.

Heidi, thank you for telling us that about JK Rowling's book. Now I know that I don't need to wish to find a copy to read!

FYI...wanted to post a note of an author you may want to avoid. Kristin Cashore. She is a great writer and her stories are very interesting BUT she is pushing an agenda that includes casual sex, promiscuity and homosexuality/gay marriage. She isn't graphic, so it isn't offensive in that way but I wouldn't want my teenager reading her books...

From What I Remember--two young people find themselves in Mexico and make their way back. The problem: the language and homosexual situations such that I could not put it on my school library shelf. I personally just found the book a waste of my time. I skipped to the end of the book, know that everyone lived happily everafter, and closed it.

has anyone read the violet eden chapters books
and if so, how clean are they or are they not clean ? someone recommanded it to me and i have been wondering about it

I actually made it through Wild by Cheryl Strayed, but it had the F word all throughout the book and a sex scene I had to skip. Why must these authors always ruin such good stories? :(

Kim, I'm glad you posted that. I've been wondering about the book--it looks so good, but now I know not to bother with it. Thanks.

I was very disappointed in Carol Carr's India Black (Madam of Espionage). Everything I have grown to hold dear about British historical mysteries was violated. Don't even bother. It was a total waste of my life.

I didn't finish a teen novel called Ice, nothing bad had happened in it when I put it down, but I could sense something was fixing to happen.

Also, the romance is between a polar bear and a girl. Despite the fact I tried to over-come this, eventually I let my ethics make me put it down. There is something deeply disturbing about animal-human relationships, even if the animal can turn human for brief periods of time.


Ice

It's a retelling of a fairy tale -- Jessica Day George wrote a version of it called "Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow" which is lovely. Sort of a nordic Beauty and the Beast type fairy tale

I found "Ice" oddly jarring. I did finish it. There was nothing explicit, but the story was amorally odd and became increasingly pointless as it progressed.

I second the suggestion of "Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow" if you want a different version of the tale. It's a better retelling with a stronger backbone.

MaryBliss wrote: "I found "Ice" oddly jarring. I did finish it. There was nothing explicit, but the story was amorally odd and became increasingly pointless as it progressed.

I second the suggestion of "Sun and Mo..."

Also, I enjoyed North by Edith Pattou. It is fantastic, but very long.

River's Recruit. I can't remember the author, but I don't even want to think about it. The whole plot was driven by sex, and the author portrayed LDS/Mormons in kind of a derogatory way. It was too bad, because the idea behind the story might have been good. I put it down after a couple chapters because it was so uncomfortable to read.

Has anyone read Linda Howard's book "Son of the Morning'? It looks pretty good and I'm wondering if it's clean.

I quit listening to "one for the Money" by Janet Evanovich. I'm only on chapter 3 or so, but it has so much talk of sex and groping and worse. Pretty disgusting.

I am also an author. I imagine the problem is both the authors making mistakes as to what is appropriate and the publishers telling them to "sex it up."

As an independent author self publishing on Amazon and Smashwords, I won't have a publisher telling me how to write, so that should help.

I appreciate that Edward. I have had to put books down too because of the sudden and inappropriate use of sex, especially when it really doesn't fit the story or enhance it in any way. I wish books had ratings like movies. I have bought a few for $16 only to find they were rated R or X and was so disappointed.

Started reading "Let the Great World Spin" by Colum McCann. I tried to get through it because it was a gift but the language was horrible (f-bombs) and there was a lot of drug use. I got to about page 130. Had good reviews, hence the gift. Maybe the ending is really good? Guess I'll never know.

Just finished reading through all the comments and removed some books from my 'to-read' list. Although I am not very sensitive to violence or language in a book (although I do have my limits with language), I tried to avoid any an all kinds of sexual acts, innuendo, or 'hintings'. I have been avoiding it ever since reading 'The Girl with the Dragon' tattoo last summer. I felt terrible and icky (even contemplated going to confession), and I hate having those images stuck in my head. GWTDT was my first experience with reading a book with HEAVEY (actually, any) sexual description.

Another book I would put a warning label on is 'The Life and Death of Charlie St. Cloud' (Also known as 'Charlie St. Cloud') There is one scene near the end of the book describing an intimate sexual act. I skipped over it and was able to continue with the book no problem, but it really dampened the experience. If I remember correctly there is some details on horrific crashes, and death (mainly life after death) is a large theme throughout the book. (I don't remember any language)

Based on what I read in the comments there are some of you who might not approve of 'The Fault in Our Stars' by John Greene. I rented it from the library, and loved it so much I bought it. HOWEVER; there is slight language throughout, the story is depressing (dealing with cancer, and death), one character has a drinking problem, the f word is used once, but not in an 'inappropriate' way (not sexually). There is a small sex scene, a paragraph. Hardly any detail. It basically said 'we did the deed'. It was so short with no detail that I was not turned off by it, which says something.

Hope some of you find this helpful.

I have put down many books because of the f word. And many because of the graphic sexual content. Recently "A" Is For Alibi, by Sue Grafton, which was recommended by several friends as well as our local librarian. I made it to the 5th chapter when she dropped the first f word. I was so disappointed. I had heard much about this book and had waited quite a while to get it.
My husband and I love to listen to books when we travel. We recently tried a Jack Higgins novel. We didn't even get through the first chapter.

joy wrote: "well, i guess you're her mom, then.
welcome, mom of christine. :)

if you would like an interesting and clean view of the old testament matriarchs, pick up water from the well by anne roiphe."

I'm new to the group, and enjoy reading the comments. I added Water from the Well to my list. I was pretty disappointed by The Red Tent, and always wanted a good replacement to recommend when people ask me about it.

Rebecca wrote: "I think someone previously mentioned "The Red Tent". It was raved about by a friend so I picked it up. Didn't get very far before I put it in the trash, Oh, wait actually, it was from the library..."

Glad to have found this group- a bit too late for some readings I've done, lol. The Red Tent made me very angry. It seemed to start out well and then it just went from bad to worse. I never forgave her the depiction of Joseph.

deleted user wrote: "Do not read "Ellen Foster" by Kay Gibbons. In fact, don't read any of Kay Gibbons books. On page 1 of "Ellen Foster" the YA Ellen is considering how to kill her drunk father - the reason - rape - c..."

Hey, kudos to you for standing up for your daughter. I fight that fight pretty regularly with our school, as well. Last year we had a pretty understanding teacher, so it worked well for us to drop readings and so on. It's just so hard doing all the prereading for the kids while trying to read my own stuff, but I keep at it. One day they'll be adults, and I won't have to do this anymore.

There have been too many to remember that I stopped reading because of too frequent profanity,especially will not tolerate 'f' bombs or graphic sex scenes,but I also will not finish a book that has characters TSTL,and for some unfathomable reason anything by Georgette Heyer bores me to death!

I have tried 7 different titles of hers after asking readers here which are her funniest/most fun to read,and absolutely could not get into a single one of them,so she is off my list forever!

It's such a shame to let graphic scenes and profane language ruin what could have been an intriguing story.

He Wants You Back is a touching love story with a bit of a twist... no "f bombs" or vulgar sex scenes needed.

I have tried reading The Time Traveler's Wife twice. The story just didn't do it for me. I thought it was confusing and super creepy when the older main character met his wife when she was a young girl.

Roseanne wrote: "I have tried reading The Time Traveler's Wife twice. The story just didn't do it for me. I thought it was confusing and super creepy when the older main character met his wife when she was a youn..."

Agreed. I was turned off almost from the beginning.

You know, The Time Traveler's Wife was one of those I initially fell for. I read it, got caught up in their definition of a 'love story', and finished thinking "wow". But along the way I had had to put aside so many objections- the sex scenes, or the smarmy pop culture references, etc, that after having thought it over, I decided it had actually just emotionally manipulated me, rather than emotionally enlightened or uplifted me. I'm becoming more aware of this in our culture in general.

I just read through this thread looking to see if "the kite runner " was one that had been 'put down ' and sure enough it was. I seemed to remember someone saying SOMETHING was off but couldn't remember what. Now I know.
I just had to put down "to be near you " after the third "F " bomb. There were some sexual references too (not explicit but a little too much info) . That was all encountered by 29%. it was such a shame because it was a riveting story of a woman who enlisted in the civil war to be near her husband. Really well written, too. *sigh*

This is a 'GREAT'thread! It shows why I couldn't care less about most of the hottest 'new flavors of the month/best sellers'!

The same for the movies like the putrid-sounding piece of garbage "The Wolf Of Wall Street",that's making the big spash now.

Thankfully, I have never had such trash-talking nasty people in my life,and I avoid them in my books and movies,also,and thankfully there are enough decent ones out there that do make life richer for experiencing them,that we needn't regret bypassing the garbage.