TomS answers “Appropriate for mature teens?”

Sarah asked this question about Gone Girl:

Appropriate for mature teens?

TomS This totally depends on the parent's value system. If you don't really care if your child sees gratuitous profanity and explicit sexual references as …moreThis totally depends on the parent's value system. If you don't really care if your child sees gratuitous profanity and explicit sexual references as perfectly normal adult behavior, have at it. If you are attempting to raise a child who sees every-other-word-profanity as a crutch of the lazy or the drunk, then steer them away. Actually if you feel like that, steer away yourself.

My conservative Christian perspective: I laid the book down at least twice because of the profanity and the sex. I'm actually quite sheepish that I picked it up again to finish it, choosing to flinch through the needless content so I could find out the conclusion.

This book has a super-compelling plot with some thrilling twists and ends with some intelligent depth. But the filth eliminates the book from my list of notable reads completely.(less)

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