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Tina asked this question about Bag of Bones:
The first (and last?) Stephen King book I have read. I gave this book one star because the story pivots on a vicious gang-rape and murder that King describes in detail. Ruined the whole book for me; I cannot bear to read or watch anything with sexual abuse/molestation. Do all of King's books have graphic sex? What about Rose Red, or Needful Things?
Jingizu Not all Stephen King books have graphic sex, but he has used this trope before in some of his books. A pivotal graphically shown sex scene, not necess…moreNot all Stephen King books have graphic sex, but he has used this trope before in some of his books. A pivotal graphically shown sex scene, not necessarily always rape or abuse, is often found in his novels.

But no, not all. Yet as said by other commentators, this is horror.(less)
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