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blackwrensniper t1_ixuqgtc wrote

The series is absolutely full of rape and torture. It genuinely becomes just cliche after a point that the bad guy will either be a rapist or a torturer or occasionally a child murderer... And then there is a book where the plot is a single statue is so god damn pretty and nails the human experience so fully it absolutely will inspire an entire nation to overthrow their oppressive leaders.

If you just need something to kill vast amounts of time, it'll work.

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Truth_ t1_ixuykoz wrote

One of them in the first book is a pedophile, isn't he?

Many, many cliches. Weird magic shenanigans. Don't recommend.

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TyroneCash4money t1_ixv1drv wrote

Yes. The antagonist kidnaps a child and he has to warn his subordinate that the child is off-limit. Said subordinate is known to rape and murder little boys, in that order.

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Yurarus1 t1_ixv41u6 wrote

People like this exist in our world, no one can write about them?

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TyroneCash4money t1_ixv98i5 wrote

Not sure how you got that from my comment.

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Yurarus1 t1_ixvasob wrote

Your reply was in support of "cliche" stories, like one of the characters being a pedo.

You went to agree and explain in depth the character in question.

Thus you agreeing with the fact that a cliche pedophile character is redundant, i was just clarifying your intent, do you agree that such characters should not be written solely by the basis of their pedophilic cliche characterization.

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Truth_ t1_ixvficu wrote

I don't need pedophilia in my books, regardless of how the real world operates.

Additionally, cliches are boring. And over-the-top mustache-twirling one-sided bad guys are generally pretty uninteresting.

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TyroneCash4money t1_ixvhwbn wrote

Still not sure how you got any of that from my comment. I agreed he was a pedophile, and clarified he's a murderer too.

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