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SuperOliverTwist t1_ivulsmu wrote

I just finished it and wish I didn't. I would absolutely recommend that no one read it. It honestly was terrible wit the whole >!sex-slave Jesuit priest gets repeatedly gang-raped by aliens in front of crowds!< stuff like nooo wtf why what's the point of this cursed book

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FauxCharlatan OP t1_ivusium wrote

Yea not going to lie that part was shocking to me as well. Tonally, it felt completely unprecedented. There weren't any moments earlier in the text that would suggest that such heavy subjects would be explored in the novel.

>!I understand that you could interpret it as political commentary--as an allegory for the sexual abuse of the Catholic Church that was being uncovered around the time the book was published. But, yea, sheesh...!<

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