tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post9170601946794179461..comments2024-03-22T07:00:25.081-07:00Comments on The Rap Sheet: Shock! Violence in Crime Fiction!J. Kingston Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17073921191624535912noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-15362707330917333932008-12-06T11:03:00.000-08:002008-12-06T11:03:00.000-08:00There's a difference between violence and graphic ...There's a difference between violence and graphic violence. I don't think the choice is simply between graphic violence and cozies.<BR/><BR/>I've been reading crime fiction for over a year now and most of what I've read contains a tolerable level of violence without describing things in disgusting detail. I came across a few books that put sickening images in my head so I stopped reading those authors. If you're going to gross me out, I'm not going to buy your stuff.<BR/><BR/>I did once write to the editor of this blog asking if he knew of a list on the web that might provide a guide for degrees of violence in crime fiction, and alas never received a response. Luckily I haven't wasted too much money on books whose authors delight in describing cruelty and violence in loving detail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-67164037440988180792008-12-06T10:44:00.000-08:002008-12-06T10:44:00.000-08:00Man, I hate serial killer novels. Silence is a gre...Man, I hate serial killer novels. Silence is a great novel though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-38424659732443031002008-12-06T09:14:00.000-08:002008-12-06T09:14:00.000-08:00I'm don't generally read graphic thrillers or myst...I'm don't generally read graphic thrillers or mysteries, though there have been some I've enjoyed (Silence, for one). <BR/><BR/>If graphic violence were the only choice if you wanted to read mysteries I'd object, but there are plenty of cozy mysteries. And the historical mysteries I favor -- Lindsey Davis, Anne Perry, Steven Saylor -- aren't overly graphic either.Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00704785269966130880noreply@blogger.com