I've noticed a trend. Is it just my taste or is it overused?
2007-07-10 12:39:15 · 11 answers · asked by My Name Doesn't Fit Here 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Desire and love, suffering and death -- these are the things people like to read about. I imagine people will ponder mortality until the sun blows up and the Earth is incinerated.
2007-07-10 12:58:45 · answer #1 · answered by God_Lives_Underwater 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While I am sure it is not JUST your taste, I do not personally believe that it is overused, in fact, I am not certain it could be overused in the world of literature. A book can be closed and put away if it is too much for the ready to enjoy. Furthermore, before you read a book, you usually have some idea what it may be like. I mean, you don’t pick up a Tom Clancy novel if you want romance any more then you pick up a Sandra Brown novel and expect to find government secret agents fighting to stop world war 3.
If you don’t like books that deal with death, try a different genera or try reading reviews before you purchase the book. As for the use of death in literature, life and death go hand in hand and everything eventually dies. It is the one and only thing that you are guaranteed in life. So it is a subject of much interest for many people. However, I can understand your dismay, even if I do not share it.
I hope this helps.
2007-07-11 15:01:11 · answer #2 · answered by deknowsit 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is quite overused and has popped up in too many novels lately, but I always enjoy seeing unpredictable, shocking deaths. Some are just too expected to be good. Actually, make that MOST.
2007-07-10 19:46:41 · answer #3 · answered by The Line's Drawn Here 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Depends on how overused it is. But 'touch-feely', 'nicey-nicey' books aren't best-sellers these days.
The aspect of death is just a natural element in most books' themes.
2007-07-10 22:26:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so. It would be over used if in every single novel where there is at least one death at least one person died in every chapter of the book. Most books don't have at least one death per chapter.
2007-07-10 19:57:34 · answer #5 · answered by knight1192a 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Books try to encompass life and, without death, life ceases to exist.
So, instead of asking if books and novels have too much death, ask yourself if life has too much death.
And I just made this painfully philosophical... Apologies.
2007-07-11 00:58:41 · answer #6 · answered by Mandi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about 'overused' but would you believe a story or like a story if everything turned out alright and no body died?
I wouldn't. Since in life people die and they die often. I'm not trying to be offense . . . but it's the truth.
2007-07-10 19:44:34 · answer #7 · answered by Cassadi 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Why should it be a problem? Reading or writing about death is a safe way to face one's own mortality.
2007-07-10 21:36:17 · answer #8 · answered by Rеdisca 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ya i guess it's used a lot but if it isn't then where's the flare? the emotion? death is a hard one to pin and if you get it right in a book then it's more interesting, right? it's hard to find a twist in a story and death DOES happen very often in the world.
2007-07-10 19:46:45 · answer #9 · answered by JamieColber 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
it depends on the books. for me i think there are way to many romance novels out there
2007-07-10 21:04:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋