I watched the movie of this film (I know: I'm so low-brow I probably stub my toe on it); and I have to say I was surprised at how good it was. The title led me to expect someone in skin tight PVC, with some sort of Japanese sword. I was thrilled that that wasn't the case, but as you say, there's a lot of rape and brutality towards women in the movie and however good the rest of a story is, that always disappoints me when it's a key ingredient for a story.
I have been thinking about this ever since you wrote it and turning it over in my mind. I am trying to figure out why this book didn’t bother me as much with its depiction of rape and I honestly cannot pin point it. I, for the most part, enjoyed it - not for the depictions of rape, of course, but because it didn’t make me feel dirty or (as a woman) used to sell his books. It is such a trigger subject for me. I have been mulling this - and the book - ever since. At the beginning of many of the chapters there were statistics about rape. I also know that as a young man the author witnessed a gang rape and he didn’t do anything about it. He felt guilt for the rest of his life. I also didn’t feel that the author didn’t like men, or women. He book was brutal in some places and made me cringe, but I guess this author made me dislike the characters more than it made me dislike him. Some books I have read I really felt like the author had a major agenda - and disliked women. I didn’t feel this way about this book. I know that other people may
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I read the first couple of chapters at my sister's last autumn and really enjoyed it. Then I saw the film, which was great, though scary. I *def* want to read the rest of the book, and his others, and see the other movies they make.
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