Trigger Warnings

[Jess]

As suggested in our Best of... thread.

[Wigs]

I'm just going to have this comment be my personal list of what bothers me most, animal death. I'll add more as I go/remember but it's a small start:

Upsetting Animal Deaths:

Feed (very brutal and sad cat death)
The Snow Child (several animals and most notably a pet fox are killed)
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (violent dog death)
A Game of Thrones (wolf death)
Dead Until Dark (violent cat deaths)

[sraxe]

Hmm...I'll have to look back through my books, by a couple I can remember at the moment:

- The Duke by Gaelen Foley: On-page rape.
- Violated by Jamie Fessenden: On-page rape (I know from the description that rape was part of the story, but I hadn't expected it to be played out in full for the reader.)
- In Want of a Wife by Jo Goodman: Child sexual abuse (view spoiler)[(the H is the victim) (hide spoiler)], with half a page or so playing out one scene.
- Simple Jess by Pamela Morsi: On-page rape/humiliation of a secondary character. Animal deaths (H is a hunter, so it's for food purposes, not sport).

[Heather]

IDK if I should post spoilers because I don't wanna spoil anything for anyone and have them mad at me.

The one that sticks out to me right now is a lot of violence and the death of a dog in The Knife of Never Letting Go.

[sraxe]

Heather wrote: "IDK if I should post spoilers because I don't wanna spoil anything for anyone and have them mad at me.

The one that sticks out to me right now is a lot of violence and the death of a dog in [book..."

Maybe post the title and put it under spoiler tags (<spoiler> ### </spoiler>), and if someone wants to look, they can.

[Heather]

^I was thinking of doing that, but I didn't wanna ruin the general vibe of the thread. I overthink things too much anyway.

I just remembered
- The Shining Girls! (view spoiler)[Obviously a lot of violence and gore, but Kirby's dog also dies protecting her. (hide spoiler)]
- The Magician King (view spoiler)[Rape of Julia near the end of the book (hide spoiler)]
- Days of Blood & Starlight (view spoiler)[Attempted rape of Karou by Thiago. (hide spoiler)]

[sraxe]

Nah, I totally get you. Maybe use spoiler tags for things that happen to specific characters, then? Or just leave it ambiguous (like I did, with saying "on-page rape" but not mentioning who), and if someone asks for more info, then elaborate?

I just read:

- Off the Edge by Carolyn Crane: Torture ((view spoiler)[H is taken captive and is beaten up and has his toenails removed. (hide spoiler)])

[Casey]

Wigs wrote: "I'm just going to have this comment be my personal list of what bothers me most, animal death. I'll add more as I go/remember but it's a small start:

Upsetting Animal Deaths:

Feed..."

Fahrenheit 451
-Casual mention of animal abuse, non-graphic animal death for sport

[Jess]

I think using spoiler tags is smart!

[Idris]

Heather wrote: "The one that sticks out to me right now is a lot of violence and the death of a dog in [book..."

I knew as soon as the dog appeared they were doomed. This is why I try not to invest in stories with pets.

[Jess]

Less Than Zero Graphic sexual violence (view spoiler)[ gang rape of young, drugged girl, snuff film with rape of young boy and young girl, probably more but I tried to block it. (hide spoiler)]

[Heather]

Shiver. Reading this with a friend rn and there's a lot of animal violence(view spoiler)[ and it gets particularly gruesome in a later chapter when Sam kills some chickens, then some dogs because those same dogs attacked one of his pack members (hide spoiler)].

[Casey]

Nos4ra2 should have about a million trigger warnings. Child abuse, child death (murder), rape (lots), brutal animal death on pages 337-340.

[sraxe]

- Lark by Norah Hess: On-page sexual assault and physical and emotional abuse
- Blue-Eyed Devil by Lisa Kleypas: On-page rape and physical abuse.