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Believe it or not, you don't have to answer every question on Goodreads. It's okay to scroll past these types of questions, no matter how tempting it is to be an ass.
@Rafal No he did not, no one asked for his opinion and no one certainly asked to be belittled and degraded. Why so mean-spirited to another human being over absolutely NOTHING? Try to be more respectful and accepting of other people and be a good example for the (young) people in your live.
You sound way more aggressive that he did by the way. Is he not entitled for his opinion? Is the opinion only allowed if match yours? Is asking about reading only children's book or suggesting avoiding scary scenes constitute as belittling other person?
There is a difference between hate speech and maybe sarcastic but still fair critique. Expressing other opinions do not straight away make person mean-spirited or troll.
serewyn, the whole point of asking a question is asking for on opinion. OP asked a question, Rick answered. while Rick could have answered in a nicer manner, so could you. If people keep making mean comments, this forces others to respond with mean comments, and everything devolves into a downward spiral of hate. perhaps we could be a little more positive in our comments, to set a good example for the younger people in our lives.
Wow, if you can't respond to someone's question without being rude, I feel sorry for you. I read mostly classics and older books, so I almost never come across the F word when I'm reading. But that doesn't mean the books I'm reading are children's books in terms of their difficulty or themes. A book doesn't have to be full of swearing and sex in order to be good for adults.
Sure - language should reflect what is the subject of the story, help to build realistic picture of what is described, feel natural to the settings. As it is in this case - main character avoid consciously swearing because he trained himself to do so as he was a teacher. However OP was stating that couldn't read second AW book as it was "so filled bad language". Second book was set between criminals on the moon colony - avoiding sex or bad language completely there would just make that world more flat and fake. Of course you can pretend that criminals do not swear just like believe that soldiers are always honourable and there is no bloodshed and violence during the war but you delude yourself. Author trying create vivid and true setting for their story should not be censored just because some people live in the bubble and try create sanitised version of the world.
....the person asking this question might be a kid! How do you know? Seriously, you people have no life.
There are many adults books that don't use language.
Every Brandon Sanderson book.
Robert Jordan
Philip K. Dick
James Islington
Most books written before 1950.
It's a pretty silly answer, you gotta admit.
Nope - this are not children's book, you might not swear (i very rarely do) but pretending that there is no such a thing it means that you lying to yourself. I am reading to learn and discover - reading only stuff that never challenge you, challenge your your picture of the world is very sad.
But kids don’t need stuff like that yet. Sure, there’s an age for everything, but why give a kid a book that is too old for him? Anyways, I just think people ripped the guys head off for asking a simple question.
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@Rafal No he did not, no one asked for his opinion and no one certainly asked to be belittled and degraded. Why so mean-spirited to another human being over absolutely NOTHING? Try to be more respectful and accepting of other people and be a good example for the (young) people in your live.
You sound way more aggressive that he did by the way. Is he not entitled for his opinion? Is the opinion only allowed if match yours? Is asking about reading only children's book or suggesting avoiding scary scenes constitute as belittling other person?There is a difference between hate speech and maybe sarcastic but still fair critique. Expressing other opinions do not straight away make person mean-spirited or troll.
serewyn, the whole point of asking a question is asking for on opinion. OP asked a question, Rick answered. while Rick could have answered in a nicer manner, so could you. If people keep making mean comments, this forces others to respond with mean comments, and everything devolves into a downward spiral of hate. perhaps we could be a little more positive in our comments, to set a good example for the younger people in our lives.
Wow, if you can't respond to someone's question without being rude, I feel sorry for you. I read mostly classics and older books, so I almost never come across the F word when I'm reading. But that doesn't mean the books I'm reading are children's books in terms of their difficulty or themes. A book doesn't have to be full of swearing and sex in order to be good for adults.
Sure - language should reflect what is the subject of the story, help to build realistic picture of what is described, feel natural to the settings. As it is in this case - main character avoid consciously swearing because he trained himself to do so as he was a teacher. However OP was stating that couldn't read second AW book as it was "so filled bad language". Second book was set between criminals on the moon colony - avoiding sex or bad language completely there would just make that world more flat and fake. Of course you can pretend that criminals do not swear just like believe that soldiers are always honourable and there is no bloodshed and violence during the war but you delude yourself. Author trying create vivid and true setting for their story should not be censored just because some people live in the bubble and try create sanitised version of the world.
....the person asking this question might be a kid! How do you know? Seriously, you people have no life.There are many adults books that don't use language.
Every Brandon Sanderson book.
Robert Jordan
Philip K. Dick
James Islington
Most books written before 1950.
It's a pretty silly answer, you gotta admit.
Nope - this are not children's book, you might not swear (i very rarely do) but pretending that there is no such a thing it means that you lying to yourself. I am reading to learn and discover - reading only stuff that never challenge you, challenge your your picture of the world is very sad.
But kids don’t need stuff like that yet. Sure, there’s an age for everything, but why give a kid a book that is too old for him? Anyways, I just think people ripped the guys head off for asking a simple question.
