So I joined goodreads which is a site where you basically can list and review books and what not. It's like a social networking site for readers. Anyway so I recently just finished Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin and so I rated it and wrote a short little review. Well I thought I'd read some of the other reviews.
A lot of the reviews that gave negative comments were about the sex in it. If you've read it, there really isn't that much and if you have, you'd notice that it goes with the world. The compliant was that it was sexist, how it was always kinda misogynistic blah blah. It was like these reviewers were wanting an equally sexually satisfying scene in a world where that isn't too common. It mentions earlier in the book how the young girl isn't suppose to fight because it's un-lady like. That's the kind of book it is, the world, yet these reviewers are giving it negative points because it... stays true to that? I get if it was in a more modern setting, but it's not. It's in a Men rule all and girls are married off to make ties for political reasons, kidna setting.
Now i'm not all "PRO SEX!" in books, it has to fit. If you've ever read or even know about the Anita Blake series you'll know that the later novels are really smut books with little plot. It's a shame because they started off strong, story wise. Now i'm not against smutty books but it's the fact that her sex scenes are horribly written and just seem to be there because the author wants sex in her books. That's when I have a problem with it. But in the Martin case, they fit.
What's your opinion on sex in books?
