I got about two or three chapters in and found myself hurling the book against a wall for *precisely* t he reason you mentioned. I gave it back to the person who lent it to me before I could do it even more damage, and I haven't picked up a PD James since. Not a conscious boycott, it was just that the bits of Original Sin that I did read left a very bad taste in my mouth.

I bet she would've felt differently if it were girls. She's only got daughters, so nothing like that would happen to one of her kids. You'd think she might have a grandson or something, though.