Over the weekend, I took the time to read two different thrillers; Misery by Stephen King and You by Caroline Kepnes. Both are supposed to be super suspenseful and great reads.
I did have a great time reading both of these books, but what I found interesting is that both thrillers included characters blaming others for their actions. Commonly known as “victim-blaming,” this is where the victim is blamed for everything that happened to them. You see this sometimes with rape cases where the girl was wearing “too short” of a skirt or “asking for it.”
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