I was about to pick up house in the Cerulean sea and a few of TJ klunes other books that I own and of course he’s problematic. It has to do with the 60s scoop that involved Native Americans and what horrible things happen to them. My father being a part of that as a Native American himself and a young teen when it happened. He basically used a traumatic time in history as inspiration for his story house in the Cerulean sea. Which is not okay and he’s coming out with a second book to that one next year. I don’t think the publishers should be going forward with this next book but of course they will cuz it’s going to make them money. Should I now tell people the talk about this book but he’s problematic and after that let them do their own research or not say anything?
I’ll be honest OP, this complaint feels so far detached from the actual book. I actually agree that I’d rather not read any books I consider not essential reading which are written by problematic and/or racist authors (IE: Nietzsche: read, Lovecraft: skip) but I feel there is a large difference between being an author with any issues and simply using inspiration for your books. There is nothing to suggest that he used the inspiration in a particularly unethical way. People are allowed to take issue with it, but it does not make it problematic.