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Jun 06, 2023 07:09AM
I agree! I can't pick up a king book without him plastering the N word repeatedly. So uncomfortable to read.
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Beckylanaway22 wrote: "I agree! I can't pick up a king book without him plastering the N word repeatedly. So uncomfortable to read."Exactly! And I can't even excuse it by saying it's just the bad guys.. in this book, Richards drops the n-word too.
Even then it was uncomfortable. I think that was the point and still is the point when you read books. Things aren't perfect and some things are offensive yet still occur in reality. We have to live life and deal with a world that isn't tailored to us. It's not comfortable and we disagree with some things and characters. Yet I don't even wish I could impose my beliefs and ways of living on others, not even fictional characters. Just has to be uncomfortable and offensive some times. Makes people think about things.
Debra wrote: "Even then it was uncomfortable. I think that was the point and still is the point when you read books. Things aren't perfect and some things are offensive yet still occur in reality. We have to liv..."It may have been uncomfortable for black people and women, but I honestly think a lot of white men were very comfortable writing like this in the seventies and eighties. King certainly wasn't the only one who defined women by their boobs and dropped the n-word.
I often found that when reading a lot of his stuff. No matter how much I was enjoying the story I would read a page and think , really. All the words in the language and you go straight to that one , so many ways to describe a woman but yeah let's start with boobs. I just found it really weird and out of place.
Emily May wrote: "Debra wrote: "Even then it was uncomfortable. I think that was the point and still is the point when you read books. Things aren't perfect and some things are offensive yet still occur in reality. ..."Yes, exactly.
As both gay and brown man and kid of the late 90s it’s just unnecessary to the story. I write horrible people but my favorite villains are those that started out as good then slowly u see them turn to villain by circumstances but he’s kind of cheap with villains in my opinion. I like hating that I love a villain 🦹🏽♂️
His books are so huge because he packs it with fluff
His old novels have been redone and then 😂😂😂 they come out like three inches thinner hahahahaha
He even told people during trucks he was fucked up on like some drugs like crack cocaine and shit so I mean the old editions are written by a coked out king and Bachman that’s why
Cause Stephen king has actually these days STUCK UP FOR THE MARVELS movie. All these so called lgbtq and minorities that are marvel fans hating on women lead super hero movies well Stephen king put them in their place
I’m a huge ass captain marvel fan and Jason Voorhees fan and so is king but he’s not afraid to admit he is an addict
But that’s what makes a good white man. Is one that acknowledges his mistakes and walks the walk so I will give him grace but authors should learn by his mistakes by reading a Stephen king original 😂 for sure
As someone who is just now getting into reading and wanting to read Stephen King I tried reading one King book but consistently having to see the n slur which annoyed me. This story really seems interesting but if I’m going to have to see it every chapter it’s gonna be disappointing.
