tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post8811379011621989310..comments2024-03-28T01:04:21.897-06:00Comments on Gossamer Obsessions: "Sanctum," by Sarah FineAnimeJunehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18229748454410488167noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-39472955850542205182013-01-27T09:47:41.695-07:002013-01-27T09:47:41.695-07:00The book does mention there are different (presuma...The book does mention there are different (presumably worse) afterlives for criminals and rapists. <br /><br />It just bothers me - the book DOES mention depression, and that it's an illness, and that it's no one's fault. But if depression isn't anyone's fault - WHY ARE THEY PUNISHED FOR IT IN HELL? AnimeJunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18229748454410488167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-62979804240324297222013-01-27T09:46:01.028-07:002013-01-27T09:46:01.028-07:00Thank you so much!
Yeah, I was really bothered by...Thank you so much!<br /><br />Yeah, I was really bothered by this - and it might have been a palatable idea if she'd just explained it in worldbuilding. For instance, they go into the fact that people with depression have trouble recognizing positive things in their lives, so she could have made it so that they wouldn't have even been able to appreciate the Countryside without treatment first. <br /><br />And even then - the whole idea that these suicides have to fix everything BY THEMSELVES with NO HELP in a dimension designed to be depressing and awful. I'm surprised anyone gets out! <br /><br /><br />AnimeJunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18229748454410488167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-51388876003682885562013-01-27T09:27:57.720-07:002013-01-27T09:27:57.720-07:00Great review, thank you. I'm with you, I find ...Great review, thank you. I'm with you, I find the premise of the story quite repugnant. The idea that there's a special awful place reserved solely for suicides is just wrong on every level (what about the rapists and murderers out there - don't they deserve to be in that place far more than a poor suicidal person?).JenMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08381388317577838604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-72108853541528757232013-01-27T08:11:26.120-07:002013-01-27T08:11:26.120-07:00Yeah, I agree: a terribly ugly idea. BTW, I haven&...Yeah, I agree: a terribly ugly idea. BTW, I haven't been reading your blog for a terribly long time, but I've found that I really love the way you review books. Thanks!Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00217383813263874657noreply@blogger.com