‘Shadow…’ provokes US web ire…

‘Shadow of the Rock’ has upset the sensibility of the American website ‘Compass Book Ratings’. Formerly known as ‘Squeaky Clean Reads’, the site rates books in terms of suitability for different age groups, and has deemed ‘Shadow…’  for over- 21s only. The reviewer has painstakingly unearthed ‘9 religious exclamations; 6 mild obscenities; 3 religious profanities; 2 derogatory names; 7 scatological words; 2 anatomical terms; 19 f-word derivitives’, as well as ‘many instances of drinking various alcoholic beverages; many instances of smoking and taking drugs; many of the settings in the book are placed in bars and strip joints’. At least it has one use — as a potential emetic: ‘The girls in the novel make you want to vomit’. For the full gore: http://www.compassbookratings.com/reviews/index.php/review/view/478