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Nat Schaefer
is 57% done
I just don’t think rape scenes need so much detail. It borders on fetishizing it and I can’t get on board with that. I feel like the author wants to portray it as negative and inherently evil but crossed a line and missed the mark. ☹️ Into the second half and those scenes seem to have ceased, thank God.
— Oct 16, 2025 05:22PM
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Nat Schaefer
is 89% done
Mind still not made up. It seems like, if the purpose of the Pulitzer is to expand our understanding of many eras and classes of American life, there are better resources than this story for understanding the civil war, post-civil war, sociopathy, Quakers, and/or the history of psychiatric care in America (the work of Nelly Bly in particular is so much better at this). Maybe it’ll conclude with clarity.
— Oct 21, 2025 09:58AM
Nat Schaefer
is 33% done
A lot of rape happening here. Not a comfortable read, but probably a realistic experience for women caught in the tangles of the civil war at that time. Readers should approach with caution. Taking breaks.
— Oct 16, 2025 08:33AM
