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Appropriate for a 15-year-old? How much sexual content/violence?

Katya I am reading this book at fifteen. My grandmother gave me this for my birthday. It isn't as sexually explicit or violent than any other classics, say …moreI am reading this book at fifteen. My grandmother gave me this for my birthday. It isn't as sexually explicit or violent than any other classics, say Candide, Lolita or even the Arabian Nights. The book is quite enchanting for me and the story's challenging design is surely of more consequence than these proscribed elements.

Today, the majority of 15-year olds are reading much more explicit books. These tinges of sex and violence are arbitrary to the benefits of vocabulary expansion and comprehension of nonlinear chronology in writing in young readers.(less)

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