[stylist] Reading scary/disturbing material
vejas
brlsurfer at gmail.com
Tue Jan 10 06:08:54 UTC 2012
My main problem with stories like Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
was that, well, Snow Flower wasn't horror exactly, but it was
still very depressing. It took a while to get it out of my
system, twice, and it's still there. Twice because I started
reading it, then deleted it and had wanted to finish it, and
deleted it again.
I suppose we each have our little quirks. Mine kind of has to do
with the fact that the main character was born in 1823. I just
can't do that stuff, since when I was younger I'd read something
sad that took place in 1822, so for some reason I can't seem to
read anything from 1800 to oh, maybe 1840? I really don't know,
it's very strange and I'd be surprised if you had it too.
Vejas
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From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com
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Date sent: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:01:13 -0600
Subject: Re: [stylist] Reading scary/disturbing material
I can't do it either because it's either an overactive
imagination or a lack
of ability to separate fiction from real-life. I still--after 20
some
years--get creeped out when I think of "Wait Until Dark". I had
to watch it
for a college theater class. I, for the most part, do no scary
or gory
stuff. Some disturbing stuff is kind of okay. "A Boy Called
It", for
example, was very disturbing but real life stories like that I
can do.
Barbara
A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the
crowd. --
Max Lucado
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From: Donna Hill
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 6:10 PM
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Bridgit,
Well, you're not the only one out there. I can go over the edge
also, and
I'm careful about what I read especially around the holidays. My
hubby wants
me to read some Greg Iles, but when I read the annotation on NLS,
I had my
doubts. I'm going to try though. I am a huge Harry Potter fan,
and there's a
lot in those books which is quite disturbing psychologically, but
I managed
not to have much trouble. We can't escape the dark side of life
completely,
but some of us have to be a little more careful.
Donna
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Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 5:54 PM
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Subject: [stylist] Reading scary/disturbing material
Shawn,
I like scary stuff but can't always handle it. It's not so much
the
reading, or watching in the case of films, that's the problem;
it's my
over-active imagination that's the problem, smile. At 30, I
still will
freak out about supernatural beings under the bed or waiting to
pounce
in the middle of the night or serial killers ripping the shower
curtain
down before shredding me to pieces while I shower! And it's weird
how I
can handle some things and freak out about others. My hubby is
really
into zombies; and we both enjoy the film 28 Days Later. It's
creepy and
violent, but I actually liked it and had no problem with it. A
couple of
years ago, a sequel came out, 28 Weeks Later, or something like
that,
and I literally starting having a panic attack and left the room.
Go
figure. I've handled ghost stories and tales of the supernatural
before,
but then I went into full panic attack the first time I read A
Good
Man's Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor. And demonic possession
stuff is
usually always a huge no-no for me; that conservative,
fundamental,
Babtist background is difficult to leave behind, ha-ha! So I
never know
how I will react to scary and/or disturbing material. Unless
it's an
author I know and like, I make my husband read stuff and let me
know if
I can handle it, and even then, it's no guarantee. Okay, I'm one
big hot
mess, smirk!
Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
Read my blog at:
http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
"History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan
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Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 08:38:59 -0500
From: "Jacobson, Shawn D" <Shawn.D.Jacobson at hud.gov
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Subject: Re: [stylist] Review on 11/22/63
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I remember reading "The Stand" and agree that it had a lot of
gore and
disturbing images. I did enjoy the book and found it
interesting; but
then that's because this is more along my lines of taste than it
would
be for you.
Shawn
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