What do you mean by “negative content”?
There is something to be said for that. But, there is a significant difference between reading a book and watching a movie. You can read a book by yourself; but if you watch a movie in your home, anyone else can watch it too, unless your TV is in a locked room - and even then, others can hear the dialogue/sounds.
Headphones.
I agree with all this though.
Maybe she wanted to try something new.
I know, but I’m still sad to see the Potter series end. I do hope that in the future she expands on it though, kind of like Tolkien did.
FWIW = “For What It’s Worth”
Ah, thank you.
You don’t have the authority to tell your friend what to read. If you’ve said that you think it’s a good idea to avoid books that have questionable content in general, then you’ve said your piece and that’s all you can do. Obviously you can’t discuss how the situations in this specific book are portrayed since you haven’t read it.
Say I did read it: How would I go about recommending not reading it?
For example, ask your friend what he thought about it through a Christian lens. I think instead of “recommending not reading it” you engage others in a conversation about it. For example, I would talk about how, as a Christian, you discern what is appropriate to read, watch, etc.
That would depend on what was in the book. You could say, “I found _______. ____________, and _____________ to be very offensive because it portrayed sin and evil in a positive way.” But in order to say that honestly, you would have had to read the book and determined that evil was indeed promoted in a positive way. If you haven’t read the book, you can certainly say, “I don’t want to read the book because I’ve HEARD that it promotes evil.” But it would be wrong to make comments about whether or not others should without that information.
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