Why does some adult read young adult books\Teen fiction?
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Re: Why does some adult read young adult books\Teen fiction?
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Thinking of some of my favorite YA books, the settings are so imaginative and creative that I became so immersed with learning more about the society inside the book. They also make for light, easy, and playfully fun and fast reads.
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I was not as keen on Divergent or Maze Runner but they were also entertaining and I don't regret reading them.
As to WHY I read them .... mostly because of the hype being generated about them at the time. In each case I told myself if I disliked what I was reading after a few pages I would just stop, but they were all good enough to continue reading to the end.
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THIS. I wholeheartedly agree.DragonLight877 wrote: ↑06 Feb 2020, 12:15 I read young adult when I know I don't want to read anything too dark. The story can still be just as engaging, and the characters just as complex, but usually they tone down the terrible stuff. So they are usually just a pretty safe read for me.
When you read some serious adult fiction, you can't help but to think about death/mortality, growing old, etc. I mean, more and deeper than usual, or too long. Now I'm pushing 40, so sometimes I just wanna get away at least while reading. Not saying YA books are all about sunshine and flowers, though.
Also, I'm intrigued by popular YA books. Some books not only survive, but THRIVE, even in this age of SNS and various sources of stimulation. Got me thinking, 'What makes these young people gravitate toward BOOKS?! Who says teens and twenty-somethings don't read? The story must be really good...' Authors like Jason Reynolds is one of the best examples.
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1. I don't really have any idea on authors or books in the adult genre that I will like or how to find good recommendations, so I gravitate to familiar hunting grounds, so to speak.
2. A lot of adult literature I have read or looked at tend toward darker, grittier tones that seem repulsed at the idea of a happy ending or at least a not sad ending. Maybe a little childish of me, but I do still enjoy having wonder and awe in a story. I tend not to enjoy a story that's constantly so dark that I feel someone should just pull out a flashlight already.
3. A lot of the YA authors I gravitate toward now and when I was younger tended to write in a style that can appeal to people of all ages because of how it treats its readers with respect. So, I don't feel alienated from the writing style even being older than the target demographic.
4. A lot of YA novels do handle topics outside of coming-of-age stories too, so there's a lot of variety in the type of stories you can read within such a large umbrella.
These are just a couple that come to mind that I can articulate clearly. I've got a couple other reasons floating around, but I'm not sure how to explain them right now.