Nate answers “Appropriate for a mature 15-year old...”

Andrew asked this question about Infinite Jest:

Appropriate for a mature 15-year old reader? How much sexual content/violence is there?

Nate There is violence. There is sexual content. The thing about the sexual content is that there is very little conventional, consensual sex. Sex presents…moreThere is violence. There is sexual content. The thing about the sexual content is that there is very little conventional, consensual sex. Sex presents itself in this book as almost always abusive, violent, obsessive or dysfunctional in some way, eg, rape and child abuse. There is often a victim. Often the sexual victim is a child. With that said, there's a lot more "mature content" in Infinite Jest beyond sex and violence that requires maturity. It's filled with heavy content from addiction to suicide to sexual abuse to animal abuse, the list goes on and on and on. It gets pretty twisted. So, if mature content is the concern, definitely hold off until like 30 or 40 years old ;)(less)

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