I’ve been accused of sometimes using too much gore in my book, The Kult. I don’t actually think it is that gory (I mean it is a book about a serial killer, and so there will be some blood along the way). Perhaps I’m just too desensitised to see it. So what do other people think? Can you go too far? One reviewer also couldn’t read it because some of the story is written from the killer’s point of view, which put them off. But is it so wrong if you want to get inside the killer’s head to actually write some of it from their perspective? Would that put you off reading?
Shaun Jeffrey
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For me, there's no such thing as 'too far' except when it comes to personally offending people (and I don't acknowledge anybody's right to proclaim that they're "offended" at a broad comment that I might have made that has nothing to do with him or her. I hate that.)
In Snodgrass Vacation I made a tongue in cheek comparison of Mickey mouse to Jesus Christ, and I often get nastygrams about that. I don't really care and I rarely reply in any way. I thought it was funny and still do. It belonged there. Nobody except Jesus or Mickey has a right to be "offended" in my view.
As far as violence and gore goes, I trust the author to know what to do, and readers can close a book whenever they choose to...
In Snodgrass Vacation I made a tongue in cheek comparison of Mickey mouse to Jesus Christ, and I often get nastygrams about that. I don't really care and I rarely reply in any way. I thought it was funny and still do. It belonged there. Nobody except Jesus or Mickey has a right to be "offended" in my view.
As far as violence and gore goes, I trust the author to know what to do, and readers can close a book whenever they choose to...
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