Ooh just seen a trailer for a film adaptation of The Long Walk! I didn’t even know it was being made into a film. It’s one of my favourite Stephen King stories and I’ve only just finished my latest reread of it. I actually cheered out loud when it came up on my phone. So excited!
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I detest when the cover has 'now a major blockbuster film' or 'now a major Netflix series' on the cover, in the style of a sticker but it's not actually a sticker and is part of the cover design itself....like whhhhyyyyyy. Just put an easily removable sticker on it, or a sign on the shelf near the book...All I want is a front cover with no accolades or silly quotes.
A blurb on the back which tells me about the book.
Is it too much to ask?
Quoting myself, I think it was this one. I should have known by the title.I'm generally ok, but I did get a bit paranoid after complaints about presents i'd bought people - e.g. number one bestselling book had anal sex in it and I've forgotten what the child's mother complained about in a book or video I thought was innocent.
Hence when I was going to invite friends round for a cinema evening I watched the video first by myself, and thank God I did! It was a chick-lit type film, and then out of nowhere the hero was splattered by an articulated truck! It was such a shock that I shout cried. I would never have lived the shout cry down, as it came out of me so violently, and my friends would have sideeyed me at the films I must be watching.........
I was so relieved that I'd swerved causing a sensation amongst my dramatic, delicate friends! Phew!!!
One of my favourites too. I also had no idea it is being adapted. I hope they do a good job of it.
and when they change the cover to match the film that really annoys me.
Did I?
if I said that I don’t remember but I agree with it!Interested to see what the adaptation will be like.
I hate this too, I’ve seen stickers to cover them for sale on Etsy!
For me personally, no. If I don't like a book I just stop reading it. But I do get that for others it may be important.
I have a much bigger problem with a book/author being described as problematic, and the rewriting of certain texts. I can't see how books can ever be problematic, they are usually older books, and they were written in different times and were of their time. Either don't read them, or read them as a learning experience, but don't rewrite them!
there was a recent book/author who was definitely problematic- she wrote a love story between a man who fell in love with the girl when she was 3
baring in mind she was a mum and had 2 toddlers!!!i believe she was arrested maybe? ( had to hide the content as it was truly disturbing)
That sounds like a book that should never have been published!there was a recent book/author who was definitely problematic- she wrote a love story between a man who fell in love with the girl when she was 3
i believe she was arrested maybe? ( had to hide the content as it was truly disturbing)
Yes. This was absolutely horrific.there was a recent book/author who was definitely problematic- she wrote a love story between a man who fell in love with the girl when she was 3
i believe she was arrested maybe? ( had to hide the content as it was truly disturbing)
Totally agree about older books and context of the time they were written. How do you learn about the history of people, places, attitudes etc if they’re erased. By all means critique and discuss historical context but don’t remove it.
That sounds nasty! Yuk. And to think I thought The Time Travelers Wife was creepy and weird.there was a recent book/author who was definitely problematic- she wrote a love story between a man who fell in love with the girl when she was 3
i believe she was arrested maybe? ( had to hide the content as it was truly disturbing)
It’s by Lionsgate and the same people as The Hunger Games I think, so I have high hopes!
Yes, I was really thinking about older books, society has progressed since they were written but I think they should be read within the context of the time they were written. I grew up reading Roald Dahl and I hate seeing his work pulled apart like it has been recently. So many children (and adults) love his work.
WTH book is this so I don't read itthere was a recent book/author who was definitely problematic- she wrote a love story between a man who fell in love with the girl when she was 3
i believe she was arrested maybe? ( had to hide the content as it was truly disturbing)
I am really impressed by the way the Dahl estate handled the furore over the sanitised versions which they had sanctioned - by immediately rereleasing the originals, and making more money that way. And money always drives changes like these; something like And Then There Were None would not be so popular today if its original UK title hadn't been changed to match the US title.
I agree with you - context is everything. One of my favourite things is reading the British Library Women's Writers Series, which has a warning at the front (a general "this book has been reproduced without editing" rather than a specific warning), a timeline of attitude, and a chapter on the context in which it was written. That's more than enough for me.
Elaine Everest's last ever book that she wrote before she passed away New Horizons for the Woolworths Girls was released in paperback yesterday. For context I have all of the books that she released and I am planning on getting this one when I see it.
I think this also confirms how many books I have on my bookshelf that are part of a series. Spoiler: I have quite a lot.
No. Books and book shops should be temples of critical thinking. The patronising tiptoe approach to difficult subjects does us all a disservice. We're all alive today because our ancestors suffered unimaginable difficulties so we can definitely handle uncomfortable texts that agitate against our values. Humans are wonderfully resilient. Trigger warnings spilled over from academia, they shouldn't be adopted by publishing. Just avoid a book if you're not up to a particular subject.
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