Comment on Utah outlaws books by Judy Blume and Sarah J Maas in first statewide banComments−taylodl2ySuch bans tend to have the opposite effect of what was intended: people become curious as to why the books were banned and then go and read them. The lure of forbidden fruit is real.−shrubble2yThe books by Maas are NYT bestsellers, so a great many people already know of them.−francisofascii2yAnd this is just a ban from public schools in libraries. So people will still go buy the books at the local Barnes and Noble or online off Amazon.
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Such bans tend to have the opposite effect of what was intended: people become curious as to why the books were banned and then go and read them. The lure of forbidden fruit is real.
The books by Maas are NYT bestsellers, so a great many people already know of them.
And this is just a ban from public schools in libraries. So people will still go buy the books at the local Barnes and Noble or online off Amazon.