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A review by mery_cf
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders by Neil Gaiman
Did not finish book. Stopped at 61%.
First strike: casual mentions of pedophilia, completely unnecessary for the story).
Second strike: “she died unmarried and unmolested” like that means it’s an unfulfilled life… gave me the ick, I stopped reading at this point. How is unmolested something bad?! that is how I wish everyone would die
Second strike: “she died unmarried and unmolested” like that means it’s an unfulfilled life… gave me the ick, I stopped reading at this point. How is unmolested something bad?! that is how I wish everyone would die
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pedophilia
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, and Murder
Not just pedophilia, but more specifically underage sex workers. And the author first describes (briefly) the interaction, but only at the end of the short story do you find out that they were underage all along, and not at all close to an appropriate age.