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Dec 15, 2014
After reading the comments on this book, I wonder is there something wrong with me? After the first f=bomb dropped, I found myself dodging it throughout the story (about as effective as dodging raindrops). The plot was interesting but those f-bombs kept getting in the way. They seem to be accceptable in many circles, but not in mine! What happened to normal adjectives. such as absolutely, tremendously, etc., etc. The shock value of f-bombs is no longer valid. A well-placed obscenity can be quite effective in a novel. But literal floods of them are just simply offensive and disgusting. The current and recent generation of people who write trashy novels seem to lack a decent vocabulary. Go ahead and laugh at me for caring what I read. If any of you don't care what you read, that's your problem. If the f-bomb is her trademark, I'll never read one of this so-called "writer's" novels again. Funny, isn't it. Most of the great writers of the past didn't need a single obscenity to write truly great stories.