I (37F) am an avid reader/listener of TJ Klune and he is unique in that perspective for me. I am an advanced reader who prefers thick and heavy reading/listening. But, there’s something about Klune’s imaginative, inclusive, and simple writing that helps me fall asleep at night (audio books).
These last two books, ‘Wolfsong’ and ‘In The Lives of Puppets’ really disappointed me. The amount of sexual gratification notions and tones have increased quite a bit to where I have thoroughly become uncomfortable. I should mention that I am on the autism spectrum and while small notions towards intimacy, masturbation, and sexual acts don’t bother me, having paragraphs with detailed explanations ie >!getting head from a stranger in the bathroom of a club!< just doesn’t feel ok and it takes away the innocent and kind feelings of his books for me.
Someone made a comment once that stuck with me on the topic of Klune’s more recent writing in that it seems that he is living out his sexual fantasies in his writing more and more. Not to mention >!the massive age gap in Wolfsong!< and >!the abusive nature of that relationship!<
I wanted to see what others felt and thought specifically on the path of his writing.
His writing is beginning to remind me of (is it Murakami?) that delves into explicit detailing of >!minor female body parts!< that has turned away many readers.
by HatakeIchizokuFujin
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Isn’t a big part of Puppets asexuality? I haven’t read Wolfsong, but I don’t remember any characters getting busy in Puppets. They couldn’t even anatomically do that, iirc
Interesting that you think he’s living out his sexual fantasies when Klune is asexual.