I'd be reading a book, following the plot, enjoying the story, when out of nowhere there is an "unnecessarily intimate" scene. One moment the character is being interrogated, the next some random lady is in the room and already groping him. Or a detective is searching for a highly suspicious individual when he decides to spend the rest of the chapter in a strip club.
Or my favorite, the character is plotting the end of the world, he is losing his mind at the realization of what he has done, he is almost repentant of his deeds, aaaand he has sex with his boss...
Uhm, what?
Where did that come from?
How does that further the plot, at all?
I wish authors would just understand that if I wanted to read something like that, I'd read erotic fiction. Teen fiction or suspense novels are not the same as erotic fiction. I want the story, not some illustration of the character's sexual dysfunctions (unless it somehow contributes to the main story). Alright? Thanks.
