Rape in SK books

[Lord Black Cat]

Warning: There will be some slight spoilers here.

Bag of Bones: I just finished reading Bag of Bones. I loved the first half of it. It was absolutely amazing. It was one of my top books up until the end. I joked with a close friend that it almost felt like King had written a book specially to bother me. The woman who was brutally gang raped at the end of Bag of Bones shares a name with my ex who was brutally gang raped. That was not a pleasant surprise and kind of killed the book for me.

So, as can be expected, this is kind of a touchy subject for me. What other books have touched on the subject? Having a little less surprise will help a bit. I know the Stand, Dolores Claiborne, and Gerald's Game have a little bit of it, are there others?

[JohnDalglish]

Hi,

Touches of female abuse in Rose Madder and Lisey's Story, but I firmly believe that they are necessary for dramatic effect and character development.

The tennis racquet and the can opener.

Long days and pleasant nights

[Maddie]

so youre wanting to know the titles of all books that contain rapes in them....for the purpose of , not reading them... ? naturally I think that a horror writer would write about horrifying things, its not unusual. I would say if this is your choice genre you can expect anything, all the time.

[wally wonder]

seems like one of the dark tower books does, as well. perhaps pertaining to flagg, as walter, walter being the recipient of someone's actions. wanna know non-sk works that do so, as well?

[Cody44]

I believe in The Gunslinger, Walter was trying to rape/seduce Roland's mother.

[md10pc]

Lord Black Cat,

When I reached that part of Bag of Bones, it shocked me so much I had to put the book away for a little while. The combination rape of Sara/drowning of her son was horrifying but it was necessary for something really terrible to take place for Sara to exact such an awful revenge .

I did finish it and I re-read the book once a year; it is an excellent book.

[Chatterbox]

I think rape is a subject people should talk about, so I think stephen is right when he writes about it, he makes you think that's what is important

[LadyHitchhiker]

Oh let's not forget Gerald's Game...

[tillyn]

A subject of violence which sometimes is needed to do justice to the piece of work. I'm sure it is not used unless it is pertinent to the piece.

[Black Suit]

yes, let's not forget Gerald and his Game .. the rape scene is very disturbing.. that damn eclipse