Better as an adult book
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Re: Better as an adult book
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However I do agree. I think she could have expanded on many parts of the book had it been geared toward adults instead of YA.
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You make a good point. I guess it was just a surprise because when I think of YA I think about lighthearted stories which could be a mistake on my part. Arguably, yes, young adults can handle dark themes but this probably does not qualify as recommended reading for schools. How about, YA fiction but with dark elements? So this would be in a sub-genre of YA fiction.amihughson wrote: ↑07 Mar 2020, 18:12 I don't agree. I think this is a perfectly acceptable YA book. After all, what age did we all read To Kill A Mockingbird in school? I might be showing my age here but I remember reading it somewhere around 8th grade. That book deals with rape and racial inequality, and I had to read it before highschool. Granted, it isn't considered YA, but those themes are pretty dark, and at least in my day (I'm 34) were required student reading. Teenagers are well able to handle the sort of adult concepts presented in Opaque, especially in this digital age of internet and enlightenment. And though I despised the romance between Adam and Carly, I didn't find it any more or less healthy than the romance between Bella and Edward in Twilight, and those are undisputed YA novels.
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I agree fully. If it were not for some of the early parts of the book, this book would of been more appropriate as a young adult novel. However, this is not the case. It had a dark beginning with abduction and killing.