Cara answers “How is the language/swearing in this book?...”

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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.

Cara ignore the people being rude about this question. I had the same question so I clicked on yours. I'm only a chapter or so in and he is in a medical si…moreignore the people being rude about this question. I had the same question so I clicked on yours. I'm only a chapter or so in and he is in a medical situation and naked at the start. He first describes a catheter in his "gentleman parts" but after it gets ripped out he does say the word penis. He also says that a particular food is better than sex. Because he's in a medical situation, and he's not describing things in a way to be vulgar, I'm going to continue reading personally. There are several times where the average person would say a swear word but he says something much milder instead and in his commentary, he questions it thinking he's really weird for saying something so mild. I can't think of the word he used but in muy mind I would consider it like a "gosh." (less)

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Rafal So word "penis" get you startled and you had to find excuse that "he's in a medical situation, and he's not describing things in a way to be vulgar" s ...more
Jun 10, 2021 05:04AM

Amir Hamza yes some people do indeed get uncomfy at the mention of s** organs :-)
Aug 31, 2021 03:00AM

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