forum Things You Want MORE Of In Books
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@mozartsnumberonefan group

So how would we divide up YA vs NA?
Sexual content, language, violence, intensity?
I'm interested to hear your thoughts!

I suppose that everything you would normally call 'upper YA' would fit into the NA genre (eg. A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES)

@HighPockets group

So how would we divide up YA vs NA?
Sexual content, language, violence, intensity?
I'm interested to hear your thoughts!

I suppose that everything you would normally call 'upper YA' would fit into the NA genre (eg. A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES)

Also age of the protag, does that play a part?
Feyre is 19, so yeah, but Nikolai (King of Ravka and my heart) is 21(???) in King of Scars.

@mozartsnumberonefan group

So how would we divide up YA vs NA?
Sexual content, language, violence, intensity?
I'm interested to hear your thoughts!

I suppose that everything you would normally call 'upper YA' would fit into the NA genre (eg. A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES)

Also age of the protag, does that play a part?
Feyre is 19, so yeah, but Nikolai (King of Ravka and my heart) is 21(???) in King of Scars.

Wait, he's 21? I don't know, I think KING OF SCARS would probably be considered NA not for the age of the protagonist, but for the darker and more complex themes. I mean, Barney's like 65 million years old and it's still a kids show :P

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I don't think age of protag really matters all that much. You could have a character like Harry who was 14 when people starting dropping dead in front of him (RIP Cedric) and things started getting dark in the series. I think it should deal more with situations and the general themes of the novel.

@Pickles group

What?

We read it at the beginning of the year, and my English teacher is completely obsessed with it and Harper Lee and she shared a bunch of stories that made her seem really creepy. I also just thought it was a weird book

@Yamatsu

According to Harper Lee's second book, Go Set a Watchman, Atticus Finch is actually SUPER racist and only took up the case because he thought there was a miscarriage of justice! He never cared about the defendant at all, apparently!

@Pickles group

I like Veronica Roth's twist on the plain Jane trope. Like, Tris knows she's plain, and so does Tobias, and he doesn't try to convince her otherwise. If you have to have a plain Jane, this is how to do it. bye now

@Pickles group

That's because Tris is just a whiny little bitch. But yeah, I didn't even like her, it was just the best example. MAKE YOUR CHARACTERS NOT GIVE A SHIT PLEASE. WE HAVE ENOUGH CHARACTERS THAT HATE THE WAY THEY LOOK BUT DON'T MAKE THEM COMPLAIN ALL THE TIME (cough cough, starts a list of characters and gives up because the list is too long)
Tris is not the best example, sorry. There are just no good ones. I want a Tris that doesn't think about her appearance constantly

@HighPockets group

Katniss is a better example, she realizes that since she's in a fight to the death and living in a dystopia that her looks don't matter, and the only time she really mentions them is when she's describing other people ('Gale has the same black hair and olive skin as others from the Seam', etc.) or mentioning how her prep team is shaving, styling, and painting her.

@Pickles group

Sassy straight boys
Why is it that sassy guys are always gay bin books? I have straight guy friends that are sassy and snarky I need this in books too