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Originally Posted by lizardlady
I don't know if this actually needs a trigger icon, but better safe than sorry, right?
I am a critter lover. I love to read. Makes sense I like books about critters, right?
I hate, and I mean HATE books and movies where the critter dies. Years ago when VCRs first came out my mom told me about this hysterical movie she and my dad watched called Turner and Hootch. She laughed when my reaction was "The dam dog dies!!!!!" I loved the humor in the movie, but then they had to go and kill the dog! I was so pissed!
I've learned if I'm interested in a book about a critter I flip to the end to see if they die. If so, I don't read the book. I might be missing out on some good books, but am not willing to subject myself to the upset.
That said, I'm reading a book about a service dog for a wounded warrior. As usual, I checked the end of the book before starting it. Sure enough the dog dies. A friend highly recommended the book. I figured I'd stop reading before the dog died. Well, I'm reading along, everything is going okay. Then with no warning the dog dies!!! I didn't get the chance to stop reading because BAM there it was. This is stupid of me, but I'm sad, fighting being depressed, because of a stupid book!
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It's not stupid at all, and there are lots of people like you (OK, like me too) who have the same reactions!
I also bet a lot of us remember 'Turner and Hooch.' I sure do, because I accidentally took my 7-year-old daughter with me to 'Turner and Hooch,' suspecting nothing. After all, it had Tom Hanks in it, so nothing could go wrong, right?
Well, you know what happened, and there were at least 2 females sobbing and crying, and my little girl choked out: 'They killed the dog! How could they kill the dog?'
I don't know why animals in books and on the screen do this to us, but I suspect it's partly because animals are a kind of reserve for our feelings about who's truly innocent in life and in some way reflects our feelings about ourselves. . . . Then again, maybe we're just big softies. I sure am, and my daughter still is too. And she still hates 'Turner and Hooch.'