would you let your children read this book?

Question

It's about a guy named Nick, who after a car accident, starts acting weird. He eventually goes on a serial killing rampage and starts performing human sacrifices because he believes it will help him become more powerful.

In the end of the book, he gets away with it all, and is never punished for his actions. The last lines are "Nick looked around the bar, a sadistic grin on his face. He found a new target and walked up to her, fingering the knife in his pocket."

Answer 1

NO

Answer 2

Well, My child is all grown up now and off on her own so I don't think I would have a say in what she decides to read. However, when she was little I'd have made her wait until she was older (in her teens) and could understand the concepts of right and wrong, and all that. But YES, I would encourgae her to read whatever she was interested in reading, as long as she was willing to discuss what she was reading with me afterwards. We tended to share our reading material a lot when she was younger and would talk about what we were EACH reading to each other. So if she felt comfortable reading and telling me about the story then I would have had NO problem with her reading it.

Raji the Green Witch

Answer 3

ah not if I can help it, but once they turn 18 I will lose that parental control. Right now at 3 and 5 it is not a great concern. Hopefully by the time they get older this book and others like it will be in a compost pile finally doing some good.

Answer 4

I don't yet have kids. However, after a certain level of maturity I assume that kids should be able to pick what they read on their own. I was reading Steven King novels and short stories when I was like 11 or 12, and I didn't turn out horribly screwed up. So, I probably will let my kids choose what to read (within reason, of course... no pornography) on their own once they're able to do so.

Answer 5

Wasn't that required reading in the Sophomore English Lit class?
Sounds like an interesting plot. My kids would probably enjoy it, shiver a bit at the horror, then come and tell me about it so I could have nightmares too. Since most of them have small ones now of their own, they might enjoy something besides Sesame Street every now and then.

Answer 6

Well, both my kids are teenagers, so they tend to pick their own reading material an dknow what they can handle, but I'm asuming you mean littler kids - under the age of 13.

If so, then no.

I'm not even sure I'd read it.

Is it a Bentley Little book? Sounds like something he'd write.

Answer 7

No but can I get the name of the book?
Just for future reference :)

Answer 8

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Answer 9

depends how old they are & why they want to read it. but probably. i'm pretty open-minded, & my kids will be smart enough that they won't be influenced by a book to go out & kill people.

i myself find books like that quite interesting from a psychological point of view. =D

Answer 10

I am sorry what is the point of this query? What does this have to do with religion? BTW, what is the title and author of this book?

Answer 11

Its from the Bible.

Cos Nick believes in Jesus as "lord and Savior" and Nick can do anything he wants to do but believe "Jesus is god, lord and Savior" and Heaven awaits.