Don't tell me, let me guess "Whose Body?" by Sayers? *sigh* No, I don't think that rises to the level of a trigger warning. If it's part of a syllabus, mentioning that "the past is another country" before it's read might be useful, but, seriously, that's not triggering. It's just distasteful and absolutely necessary to understanding how far society has come since that time.
I remember reading another mystery years ago from the early 90s. Its early chapters came across as a standard detective story, not much different from a Christie, Sayers, or Allingham, but the final chapters had graphic depictions of dismemberment. I closed the book and never read the author again because it felt, tonally, like a bait and switch. I still would not consider that personally triggering, but I know there are some for whom that level of description would be. This is why I find mentioning graphic sex or violence in the blurb to be useful as a trigger warning for those who could be triggered.
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Date: 2014-12-03 07:51 pm (UTC)I remember reading another mystery years ago from the early 90s. Its early chapters came across as a standard detective story, not much different from a Christie, Sayers, or Allingham, but the final chapters had graphic depictions of dismemberment. I closed the book and never read the author again because it felt, tonally, like a bait and switch. I still would not consider that personally triggering, but I know there are some for whom that level of description would be. This is why I find mentioning graphic sex or violence in the blurb to be useful as a trigger warning for those who could be triggered.