Drugs and unnecessary swearing
933737
I enjoyed the book. I laughed out loud at many funny quips. However, I bought this book for my 12 year old daughter. I do not think its appropriate.
3185251
Good story but too much bad unnecessary language.  Story tells us how some teeneagers go down the wrong path and it's no fault of the parents.  They are born with a bad streak.
3846300
Drug on forever.  Needed to be spell checked and grammar checked then proof read before release.  Skipped a good many pages because of sexual scenes repeated time after time and because it drug on so.
1798805
A long drug- and alcohol-frenzied week in Las Vegas. This is written by Hunter Thompson, long-time editor of Rolling Stone, so we know he knows firsthand about what he writes about. I imagine this is one of the best portrayals of what is like to go through life in a drug-frenzy, but the story is laced with humor. It's not great writing, or even good writing, but it holds your attention in the way a magazine column does. But even wild antics can get tedious night after night in a drug-filled haze. I know it is a work of irony and commentary on materialism but still the writing struck me as sophomoric.
1219888
I enjoyed the book but I would have preferred less slang. I assume that this is the way American police officers converse,  but even the lawyer used slang language all the time. When you have read the expression "hoofed it" once it's bearable,  but by the fourth time it becomes irritating.
4581984
I enjoyed Boycotts & Barflies for the most part. It was fun and flirty. A nice light and easy read. The one thing that continued to bother me throughout the story though, was the irresponsibility portrayed in regards to drinking and driving. On multiple occasions Grace, Michael and friends consistently leave bars, or other places that they drank large amounts of liquor (often they are referred to being buzzed, tipsy, etc.) and they get into their vehicles and drive home. I do understand this is a work of fiction, but everyone needs to be held accountable for the messages they are sending, directly or indirectly. Drinking and sexual activity should be displayed appropriately in accordance to the storyline. (Don't drink and drive, and practice safe sex!)
3807652
Her verbage makes it like you are talking to an old burned out hippie witch on lots of drugs. This kind of vernacular might work for some people, but not people like me who prefer a bit of decorum in their books. Phrases like "pussy to earth" not only inspire bizarre visual images, but serve to distract the reader; this is a phrase you expect to hear from someone rambling to themselves on the street, at your general direction... but not to anyone in particular.

That being said, I've found some decent information in here that is worth trying to stomach the unnecessary familiarity. If you can deal with it, this might be worth reading. I'm also a bit emotionally cold so... this really just rubs me the wrong way. The information she presents certainly has helped in some aspects, but because I have taken to skimming past all of her somewhat unnecessary personal rhetoric and explanations, in the way you might skim past a blogger's life story to get to the cookie recipe. So all of that being said, her experience might be worthwhile, as she clearly knows her stuff - but I wish she were slightly more aware of the effect certain words can have in the wrong places.

But seriously, "pussy-to-earth" is just as jarring and unexpected as J.K. Rowling deciding to randomly throw in a scene of Harry Potter getting a boner at like.. Belltrix, or something. Just. Really. I like crass, too - I love South Park and Drawn Together as much as any drunken frat boy but it is all about the delivery. You don't expect or really want that kind of language in your spell books. It's not hard to be familiar without being totally unclassy.
1067179
too much unnecessary foul language.  plot?  seems to be trying to put the military in a very bad light.  as a vet, I know things don't always run as they are planned and there are many 'characters' to deal with but I don't recall it being as bad as portrayed
3306793
people on the edge in being nuts, fun expos our bad manners, egostic and sarcastic rude language.  LOL most of the time ;-) Nothing for the weak hearted or people who do not like swearing
569745
While the book is an exciting  venture, the author uses profanity frequently and unnecessarily.  There is no need to use the profanity as used in this book.  Many of the great writes of the day use no profanity.  As fro me, I will not buy the new Clancy (non-Clancy) novels.
4258521
Would have loved this book except for one problem.  One of the characters had vulgar language/actions/thoughts all through the book.  I'm no prude, but there is no reason to use the "f" word every other word, along with other filthy language.  It doesn't add anything to the story.  I feel like a good writer could portray a "bad" person without the use of so much vulgarity.  I just had to skip the chapters that were about that character, which ruined the book for me.  In all fairness, there is a warning..."This book is intended for mature audiences and contains disturbing and potentially offensive material".  I'm ok with some sex (as long as it's not graphic porn), blood & guts, and even some cursing, but this character was just too much for me.
1360273
The way the heroin spoke just aggravated me. The story was just fine, but I couldn't connect with the heroine due to her overly formal way of speech. Totally a personal preference.
1835471
Good story line, good acting, but way too much unnecessary profanity....way over the top. Could have been a good movie if it had been more tastefully done.
2328926
Story had a great flow until the author started to inject his obvious hatred for police and anyone who disagrees with his beliefs.  Great drinking game would be to take a drink every time the word "bigot" is used.  Fair warning though, you will be dead of alcohol poisoning by the 2nd book.  This could have been an entertaining story and a great series if only the author has left out the politics.  You can feel the authors hatred for a certain type of people after awhile.  I hope that he gets over the anger and hatred and starts to just tell good stories.  I'm afraid I won't be reading anymore of them though.
4973919
The story line is great and it's very entertaining, but the language is very unnecessarily vulgar. Definitely not for kids.
4383813
This game pack for the PC included Crysis and Crysis 2. Because of the inability to tone down the cursing in game, I dropped this one in the trash.

It's one thing for adults to put up with, but quite another when there are grandkids around. The fix would have been easy enough: just add a language filter so users can turn off the cursing and swearing. Everything else in the game was adjustable - but no language filter.
3660605
I really liked the story, however, the language really offended me. Too many f... words that were so not needed.