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How is the language/swearing in this book? His second book was so filled bad language that I had to stop reading it.

Karin If there is too much swearing, I stop reading it because otherwise I start using that language a whole lot more than normally. That said, I have never…moreIf there is too much swearing, I stop reading it because otherwise I start using that language a whole lot more than normally. That said, I have never dropped a Weir book for this, but I did reduce my score for The Martian, NOT for the opening, which totally fit, but for the one character on earth who swore gratuitously. The second one lost a lot more for me for swearing because the protagonist really had a mouth on her, but I also didn't like her as much, either.(less)

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