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Comment what books have caused you to become distressed, traumatized, or unsettled in any way. Please elaborate as to why.

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[-] agrammatic@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

I picked up for a book club but then dropped after prolonged distress, Call Me by Your Name by Aciman.

It's not so much the age-gap aspect (which is pushing the limits of acceptable for a reader socialised in Europe, but it's not over those limits), but it's the entire trope of sexual abuse as a playful flirting ritual that permeates the book that I found truly sickening.

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