Books Excluded from the Group Bookshelf-Database

[Beige]

This thread provides an update of all of the books we've excluded/removed from our group bookshelf-database


What's Excluded?
1) All member recommendations are validated by a moderator. We research GR reviews and sometimes find elements that don't fit our group guidelines. Please note, we never judge a member for their recommendations, we are always grateful they took the time to participate.

2) Members are welcome to comment on books that have already been added to our bookshelf-database. The moderators may opt to remove a book based on a member's shared reading experience/research.

[Beige]

🅾️ 2021 EXCLUSIONS 🅾️


Note: Detailed Content Warnings in Spoiler Tags


◼️ SEXUAL VIOLENCE ◼️


SV On Screen, Ongoing Threat:
N/A

SV Briefly Mentioned, Implied:
• Black Sun - (view spoiler)[ brief mention of parents selling children to pleasure houses (hide spoiler)]
• Wolfsong - (view spoiler)[brief mention/threat of rape (hide spoiler)]
• The Martian - (view spoiler)[many felt that the word rape is poorly used in a joke, also a few felt there were a number of examples of sexist overtones. Some were able to overlook, others stopped reading (hide spoiler)]
• Artemis - (view spoiler)[ a number of reviews list a mention of rape. Also a few were offended by the idea that on Artemis, children could "consent" to sex and therefore it wasn't rape (hide spoiler)]
• The Steerswoman - (view spoiler)[Beige and Ryan confirm brief threat of rape and 1 out of 293 reviews specifically says there is no threat. Beige read and confirmed a brief and subtle threat of rape (hide spoiler)]
• Fireheart Tiger - (view spoiler)[ mention of an attempted rape and domestic abuse in an adult relationship (hide spoiler)]
• Paladin's Grace - (view spoiler)[ mention of a past problematic relationship. Review descriptions varied: "dubious consent", "sexual assault" and "domestic violence"
(hide spoiler)]
• Meet Me in the Future: Stories - (view spoiler)[The Story "The Women of Our Occupation" has the 15 year old protagonist sexually assaulted by a 20 year old woman, it's not exactly graphic but you kind of know what happened (hide spoiler)]

Issues With Reproductive Rights:
N/A

Domestic Violence in Adult Relationships:
• Brown Girl in the Ring - (view spoiler)[ descriptions of domestic violence (hide spoiler)]



◼️ OTHER REASONS FOR EXCLUSION: ◼️


Outdated Views, Unacknowledged:
• The Man in the High Castle - (view spoiler)[ While the book seems intended as a commentary on hate/racism, we found a number of reviews that felt it would offend many modern readers due to the racist slurs and language used (hide spoiler)]

YA, This Group is Focused on Adult SFF:
N/A

[Beige]

🅾️ 2020 EXCLUSIONS RECAP 🅾️


Note: Detailed Content Warnings in Spoiler Tags


◼️ SEXUAL VIOLENCE ◼️

SV On Screen, Ongoing Threat:
• The City We Became - (view spoiler)[attempted rape, rape culture (hide spoiler)]
• Ancestral Night - (view spoiler)[thematizes sexual violence and the ensuing trauma (hide spoiler)]
• The Dispossessed - (view spoiler)[attempted rape (hide spoiler)]
• Vita Nostra - (view spoiler)[dubious consent (hide spoiler)]
• The Goblin Emperor - (view spoiler)[attempted rape (hide spoiler)]
• Tooth and Claw - (view spoiler)[sexual assault, rape (hide spoiler)]
• The Hidden Girl and Other Stories - (view spoiler)[sexual assault (hide spoiler)]
• New Moon: (view spoiler)[on screen sexual assault/attempted gang-rape, threatened rape, sex with under-age characters (hide spoiler)]
• The Song of Achilles - (view spoiler)[rape, sex slaves, sexual coercion (hide spoiler)]
• The Calculating Stars - (view spoiler)[Unwanted and unsolicited body contact of an openly sexual nature (hide spoiler)]
• Passing Strange - (view spoiler)[implied sexual assault, domestic abuse (hide spoiler)]
• Kalpa Imperial: The Greatest Empire That Never Was - (view spoiler)[sexual slavery, dubious sexual consent in specific stories (hide spoiler)]
• The Empress of Salt and Fortune - (view spoiler)[extreme oppression, dubious sexual consent, forced marriage, forced sterilization (hide spoiler)]
• The Orphans of Raspay - (view spoiler)[ongoing threat of SV (hide spoiler)]
• The Murders of Molly Southbourne - (view spoiler)[premeditated murder, after sexual act (hide spoiler)]
• Annihilation - (view spoiler)[dubious sexual consent (hide spoiler)]


SV Briefly Mentioned, Implied:
• The Way of Kings - (view spoiler)[mention of prostitute not paid and kicked after sexual act (hide spoiler)]
• Witchmark - (view spoiler)[mention of sexual assault (hide spoiler)]
• Cage of Souls - (view spoiler)[sexual violence implied (hide spoiler)]
• Ancillary Justice - (view spoiler)[implied rape culture (hide spoiler)]
• Hollow Kingdom - (view spoiler)[implied rape, off screen (hide spoiler)]
• Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch - (view spoiler)[a joke that mentions rape (hide spoiler)]
• Imager - (view spoiler)[passing mention of rape as government punishment for crime committed by women (hide spoiler)]


Issues With Reproductive Rights:
• Middlegame - (view spoiler)[forced insemination (hide spoiler)]
• Tuf Voyaging - (view spoiler)[forced sterilization (hide spoiler)]
• Bannerless - (view spoiler)[Forced sterilization (hide spoiler)]


Domestic Violence in Adult Relationships:
• Remnant Population - (view spoiler)[ mentions of domestic violence (hide spoiler)]



◻️ OTHER REASONS FOR EXCLUSION: ◻️


Outdated Views, Unacknowledged:
• Dragonflight - (view spoiler)[unaddressed sexism, dubious sexual consent (hide spoiler)]
• The Elfstones of Shannara - (view spoiler)[underlying sexism, gender stereotypes go unacknowledged (hide spoiler)]
• The Sword of Shannara - (view spoiler)[underlying sexism, gender stereotypes go unacknowledged (hide spoiler)]
• Johannes Cabal the Necromancer - (view spoiler)[sexist trope, "fridging" unacknowledged (hide spoiler)]
• The Three-Body Problem - (view spoiler)[outdated gender roles, not acknowledged (hide spoiler)]


YA, This Group is Focused on Adult SFF:
• A Song of Wraiths and Ruin - general consensus is plot/style is YA