As for the book - it's a noir set in a dystopia. It's not pretty in the slightest, and you should absolutely take those criticisms as valid content warnings. That said - it's a noir. It's about the depths to which human beings can sink. I don't think it's exploitative in that sense; all the violence and sexual abuse is portrayed as repulsive and sordid. It's a hyperrealistic painting of Hell.
I don't know anything about the author.
As for the book - it's a noir set in a dystopia. It's not pretty in the slightest, and you should absolutely take those criticisms as valid content warnings. That said - it's a noir. It's about the depths to which human beings can sink. I don't think it's exploitative in that sense; all the violence and sexual abuse is portrayed as repulsive and sordid. It's a hyperrealistic painting of Hell.