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Regarding the Gap series - somehow, the first volume itself put me off, and the second didn't add much. It just seemed to reflect a rather misogynistic and sadistic attitude, without really playing with any sufficiently fascinating SFnal concept. I could have been wrong though. But that first volume, especially, just seemed gratuitously cruel and explicit
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I agree that the first volume in particular
seems to be as you describe but, in the later volumes, Morn's torment becomes a pivotal matter. The story itself is, basically, a Sci Fi rehash of the Ring Cycle with characters that become almost interchangeable between the two. The whole crux of Morn's torment is the introduction of something akin to the 'Stockholme Syndrome' - where captor and guard form a special bond.
It's certainly not to everyone's taste but I'd persevere.
As for de Sade: I've read some of his stuff and, frankly, I'm not impressed. Take away his sexual slant and what have you got? Not much at all - avoid, overrated.