Rape in SK books

[wally wonder]

Duma Key has some abuse by the narrator against his wife. They divorce. Funny thing is, over in the Duma Key re-read group, there's almost a consensus that Edgar (the narrator) is not a bad man. What does that say about us?

Hearts in Atlantis has some violence by some boys against a young girl, and when and older man tries to help her, his actions are misinterpreted by another, an older woman, who was abused, who had just been the victim of violence in fact. It happens, misinterpretation. What does that say about us?

[wally wonder]

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

Hey codester! No, it didn't happen that way. It went on for two years and Stephen knew about it. As I recall, Stephen tells Roland 'i've known for two years' in The Gunslinger, but maybe that happened in a later book.

And don't mean to be flip, but found this in another:
From Home Delivery: Bigfoot Rapes Choir Boy, 334/usa/pb/nightmares and dreamscapes kinda par for the story...the emir of Kuwait had been eaten alive in the White House East Room by zombies, other fun stuff happening

[~Ally~]

[QUOTE=Bluey Lunger;287130]Duma Key has some abuse by the narrator against his wife. They divorce. Funny thing is, over in the Duma Key re-read group, there's almost a consensus that Edgar (the narrator) is not a bad man. What does that say about us?

Ah but in this case the abuse is not intentional. Edgar was the victim of events which were not in his control, the accident changed him not only physically but mentally. His brain was now 'wired' differently, i don't know if you have ever encountered people with brain injuries but their whole personality can change drastically. It really isn't a nice thing to see and not everyone is fortunate enough to overcome these injuries.
I guess i am in the group who agrees Edgar is a nice guy..i actually found his wife to be quite unsupportive and almost shallow.

[wally wonder]

yeah, figured i was takin a chance on posting something like that, ally. run the risk of not getting to play anymore reindeer games. i too think edgar is a nice guy, a real hoot at times, but i'm not going to give him a pass for what he did to pam, sorry. i'm wondering if maybe what was at work on him while on duma was at work on him then, even before he got there. and we're not there yet in the group, but there's enough coming in the chapters we haven't talked about yet to give pam a moment or two of grace.

[karend3]

Bag of Bones

[sam peebles]

The Library Policeman has a pretty graphic rape scene of a child in it. It's disturbing, told from the point of view of the child.