Is Sex really necessary?

[Sushan Ekanayake]

I found it distasteful. I can't understand how it was necessary for the story. Many times, at least for me, books lose their interest because of things like overly graphic sex, violence, and profanity thrown into it. Books can be excellent reads without it!

I agree with you. Books can be great without all that. But in this case I felt like the author was illustrating the effects of the drug and more of our baser needs as humans

Yes, the author has justified the circumstances

[Sushan Ekanayake]

I don’t think the sex was completely out of place, but I definitely feel like there was too much. I feel readers got the point after the first few occurrences. After a while it just got old and didn’t seem necessary. With everything that was going on, I thought the characters would be more focused on their mission and safety. I get that sex was likely to happen, but I got a little tired of reading about it after so long. Having said that, I’m thankful none of the scenes were drug out or explicit.

I also get bored with the sex scenes after awhile and start skipping them

Some is okay. But too much is too much

[Sushan Ekanayake]

For me, sex is important to a book especially when its genre is “romantic/erotic”. That’s what people look forward to, to relate and to feel what the author is trying to say. Sex i s important cause it gives move connection to the content and it gives light to the whole book especially when we say a reader looks forward to that certain kind of topic. I feel like sex is the most awaited part of the book.

there are readers who view explicit sexual content in any book as porn, which I find to be unfair at times. I feel dissapointed when a good romance book lacks sex scenes in totality or has poorly written scenes.

it's a natural process that guys should create room for.

that said I find them to be out of place in some genres

In romantic books, it is more or less necessary. But in this sort of books, its need is questionable

[Sushan Ekanayake]

I don't think so. Reading something like that makes me feel awful. I usually prefer books without sexual content.

Everyone has personal preferences in many things, and sex is among them as well

[Sushan Ekanayake]

Sex is part of life. If a writer decides to employ such, it's fine!

Any author has his/her freedom to include what he/she needs

[Njericate19]

I would be dishonest if I said that the sex scenes in the book were totally unnecessary. For me, sex is a natural occurrence and everyone would normally have urges, it’s now left for you as a person to decide to physically get involved sexually or not. So generally, I think it was just normal for Grant as a young guy to have sex even amidst the quest of finding his Uncle. The book is a good read.

i couldn't have agreed more Grant was just a young guy and as they say all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy hence the reason as to why Grant engaged in sex, again, he is a young guy and young people tend to explore and try out new things

[Sushan Ekanayake]

I would be dishonest if I said that the sex scenes in the book were totally unnecessary. For me, sex is a natural occurrence and everyone would normally have urges, it’s now left for you as a person to decide to physically get involved sexually or not. So generally, I think it was just normal for Grant as a young guy to have sex even amidst the quest of finding his Uncle. The book is a good read.

i couldn't have agreed more Grant was just a young guy and as they say all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy hence the reason as to why Grant engaged in sex, again, he is a young guy and young people tend to explore and try out new things

Yes, that too can be considered as human nature

[Guda Lydia]

The book is fictional, but it is derived from human nature and behavior. Sex is one such aspect and therefore, necessary for a holistic depiction.

[FGBaker1897]

How many of us have taken an out of town short course or a multi day field trip that was coed when we were in our 20s or 30 and were single?

On such a trip you live with new people of a similar age and range of interests and, at the end of the day, usually sit around talking and drinking beer or some other adult beverage. Young people are attracted to the opposite sex on these outings. Familiarity enables opportunity and liaisons are formed. Grant does not behave too differently that many other people would under these conditions, except for the amplifying effects of the plant hormones that permeate the air.

Actually, many people who go off to college encounter this sort of environment when away from home.

Remember that in Zona plant pollen and hormones filled the air, enhancing people's emotions and leading to much of the excess that occurs in this steamy little valley. Most of the people have enhanced sexual drive, some become more aggressive, some become ego driven. Even Volkov shows the effects in his own way. It's no wonder that discipline breaks down.

And this all occurs over many days with the strains and hardship caused by scary and dangerous conditions and the fear of the unknown. Once in camp the travelers can let their hair down somewhat with a sigh of relief and have some free time to recover from the hardships of the trip into the valley. Drinking and sex are two of the primary means people have to relieve stress under theses conditions. Ask any combat veteran what he did when on R & R.

Sexual awareness and activities are part of everyday life. Sex was enhanced here due to the conditions encountered. It was necessary for the story to be realistic and interesting.

Fred Baker

[Nama Winnie]

The book is fictional, but it is derived from human nature and behavior. Sex is one such aspect and therefore, necessary for a holistic depiction.

You do on not think sometimes the sex seems odd or out of place in some books?

[Nama Winnie]

For me, sex is important to a book especially when its genre is “romantic/erotic”. That’s what people look forward to, to relate and to feel what the author is trying to say. Sex i s important cause it gives move connection to the content and it gives light to the whole book especially when we say a reader looks forward to that certain kind of topic. I feel like sex is the most awaited part of the book.

there are readers who view explicit sexual content in any book as porn, which I find to be unfair at times. I feel dissapointed when a good romance book lacks sex scenes in totality or has poorly written scenes.

it's a natural process that guys should create room for.

that said I find them to be out of place in some genres

In romantic books, it is more or less necessary. But in this sort of books, its need is questionable

But all of them are fictional works and should be given room to, at the very least, mimic real life behaviour

[Sushan Ekanayake]

The book is fictional, but it is derived from human nature and behavior. Sex is one such aspect and therefore, necessary for a holistic depiction.

Sometimes a book might need every human aspect to be mentioned for the completeness, but not always

[Sushan Ekanayake]

The book is fictional, but it is derived from human nature and behavior. Sex is one such aspect and therefore, necessary for a holistic depiction.

You do on not think sometimes the sex seems odd or out of place in some books?

That is my point. If the reader feels that its use is either odd or out of place, that simply makes it unnecessary

[Olabode Joshua]

I think that after all the exertions, sex seems to be a release. The protagonist needs to feel alive after the life or death situations. It's an evolution thing

[yapashley]

The story loses its quality when it seems like the story is all about sex. Though I do think that sex is necessary for some books, I personally think it was not needed for this one.