Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. Child-safe in minutes.

Meet the Other Phone.
Child-safe in minutes.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Shopping

From everyday essentials to big purchases, swap tips and recommendations. For the best deals without the hassle, sign up for Mumsnet Moneysaver emails.

Original poster

Please check if your local Asda is stocking this disturbing book

145 replies

colette · 14/05/2011 14:09

I would really like everyone to please check if their local Asda store is stocking this book " True Crime- Serial Killers"

I went shopping with DD yesterday , as usual she was looking to buy something for herself. I should have taken more notice of the book ( the title is a clue , I knowBlush However I was busy and she likened it to a book we have already called " Great Mysteries of the 20th Century " . I really regret that I did not - DD could not sleep and was really distressed . The book is horrible and goes into great detail and has photos/ pictures of bodies!

I have phoned Asda to complain, and made it clear that a) this book should not be stocked
at all/should not have been printed.
b/ it should definately not be in the children's section !

Asda promotes itself as a family friendly store , this is an extreme book , I don't think it should be sold anywhere.

They are going to speak to the book buyers and will monitor the level of complaints HmmPlease phone Asda head office on 0800 952 0101 if you see it.
thanks

OP posts:
lockets · 14/05/2011 14:53

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

stillfrazzled · 14/05/2011 14:55

Oooh, now there's a campaign I would happily join - getting rid of all the vile 'Please Daddy No' misery porn. I do know it's legal and all that, but would a hundred times rather my kids read about serial killers than that shite.

TheFlyingOnion · 14/05/2011 14:55

"However it is this particular book I object to. It gives details of rape, torture and mutilation of children"

Then don't READ it, collette ffs! But don't think you have the right to stop ME from reading it if I want to.

Christ on a bike who made you The Lord of All the World???

Melly19MummyToBe · 14/05/2011 14:56

Oh gosh, Asda also sell the Saw movies when they come out. They aren't family friendly at all, they show people being tortured, all extremely graphical. Would you complain if you bought one and thought it was too horrific? God knows what you would think to 'The Human Centipede' Hmm

Original poster
colette · 14/05/2011 14:56

Have a look at this boog stillfrazzled and you may change your mind . I agree about the rise in the misery porn.

OP posts:
5inthebed · 14/05/2011 14:57

Sorry, but yabu. Both for complaining and buying a book about serial killers for a 13 year old.

If you had bought it for your daughter from ELC, then fair enough, but Asda? It's a supermarket, grown ups shop there, so why not stock a book like that?

Has anyone said "It would not have happened had you shopped at Waitrose" yet?

jimswifein1964 · 14/05/2011 15:00

Ah well, at least you paid Asda price, not Waterstones.

lockets · 14/05/2011 15:00

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

TheFlyingOnion · 14/05/2011 15:00

It would not have happened had you shopped at Waitrose

Instead you could have bought your dd a book entitled "True White Collar Fraud Crime" and she could have grown up to become an investment banker and operated a Ponzi scheme.

GypsyMoth · 14/05/2011 15:00

oh dear Colette,not many are agreeing with you here,does this not tell you something?

lockets · 14/05/2011 15:00

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

EggyAllenPoe · 14/05/2011 15:01

although i am not old enough (nor ever will be) to read much of the misery porn peddled as literature on the shelves of supermarkets they are not wrong to stock it.

It sells very well, so plenty of people out there obviously consider themselves to be sufficiently ancient to buy it. if you want to complain..complain about the poor literary taste of the great British public.

Asda are not in the wrong. not about this, anyway.

stillfrazzled · 14/05/2011 15:01

I won't change my mind. The title's self-explanatory, adults can read it if they want to, children shouldn't so shouldn't be allowed to buy it. Sorry.

lockets · 14/05/2011 15:03

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Original poster
colette · 14/05/2011 15:03

lockets - that is not the book.

OP posts:
OppositeOfBlooming · 14/05/2011 15:03

The problem is that you made the wrong choice. If you're buying literature for a minor then it's your job to assess its suitability.

It is not your job to decide upon the reading preferences of the adult masses.

Next time, don't buy the book.

stillfrazzled · 14/05/2011 15:03

Agree Eggy that we can't ban it - but would like a campaign asking people who buy it to question why they are, effectively, getting entertainment out of child abuse victims describing in graphic detail what happened to them. Claiming the recovery bit is 'inspirational' doesn't get you off the hook IMO.

lockets · 14/05/2011 15:05

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

supermarketworker · 14/05/2011 15:09

i think you are actually the author and you is gettign your self a shit load of free publicity - it works goddamit i have just sent dh to buy it Grin

K999 · 14/05/2011 15:10

Still frazzled - you'd like a campaign??? To what end??

It's a book. No one has to buy it if they don't want to.

stillfrazzled · 14/05/2011 15:12

Nah, I know that really. Just hate those books. V creepy.

TheMonster · 14/05/2011 15:13
Kendodd · 14/05/2011 15:13

Oh, I want to buy it now, see what all the fuss is about, just off to Asda.

K999 · 14/05/2011 15:15

I'm just back from Asda. Wish I'd seen this thread sooner so I could have bought it too!!

GypsyMoth · 14/05/2011 15:15

what is the offensive killers name?? which one is it?

Swipe left for the next trending thread