Ground2ChairMissile t1_ja777g4 wrote
Maybe you should read some books for adults.
boxer_dogs_dance t1_ja7jzx0 wrote
So has the coming of age story been relegated to young adult? Some of the most powerful literature I know has coming of age as a theme.
badmanmadmansadman t1_ja7agjl wrote
Also that's not my preferred escapism I guess. there's a bigger chance of coming across inappropriate adult content that I don't care to encounter. I don't generally like reading from the mind of an adult. I'm rooting for the people of like the future. Something so cool about I dunno a powerful generation. And there's something earnest about being young naïve but passionate. And more reason for dramatic growth. The weight of becoming adult or facing adult situations in the in between stages of no longer being a child and starting to become an young adult. It's a super specific feeling. The writing about having the weight on a young protagonist shoulders. They have opportunities to be more creative with there problem solving. Does love defeat all. Is it the power of friendship. Is it facing sacrifice for the first time in your life. Is it a silly situation where being young and simple minded immature aids to bring the one strong trait that rises above the hardships. Idk
PurpleElephants123 t1_ja7doqm wrote
So YA books are too “soft” but you also don’t want to encounter adult content? I’d be cautious about blaming everything on “woke” culture, you can still pick up books written over 100 years ago so you’re hardly limited to modern authors.
You sound pretty young so I get wanting to read books with young characters, maybe try Robin Hobb’s books? They (mostly) feature adolescent protagonists and are pretty accessible for a younger audience while still being somewhat mature-themed.
badmanmadmansadman t1_ja7emax wrote
I don't think the word like woke is what I want to use. It's more about the YA shift from I guess metaphorically and symbolically and literally marginalized oppressed groups in a unfair fantasy or magical or futuristic world to defeat an unjust system or a greater evil . To literally being in this world and facing the oppression from your more realistic peers and looking inwards and self reflecting. And in a lot of these books the complexities of their oppression isn't like necessarily solvable or something to fight against it's more like a fact or a inner growth thing. It's given more cut and dry I guess? I dunno if not making sense anymore. I need a second to rethink haha
Genoscythe_ t1_ja7i9tr wrote
Honestly, it just sounds like you prefer edgy fantasy adventures over coming of age romances, which is just a genre preference.
I mean, you don't have to read whatever is the trendiest on the front shelf at the bookstore, you can still sort by genre and seek out what you love.
Griffen_07 t1_ja7dvb1 wrote
Try The Vorkosaigan Saga. Start with Warrior's Apprentice. Here we meet a guy as he washes out of the military academy due to breaking both legs during the entrance test. Then he takes over a mercenary company with nothing but wits and 4 helpers.
badmanmadmansadman t1_ja77iwp wrote
That's fair I suppose. I guess In the YA novels I current still like and also liked as a kid are because I like the power of a teenager. I think the youths (lol) are super passionate people and great protagonist for stories about change and uprisings. Often times they are written less stiffly there's a fun edge to them. Especially because they are teenagers or kids the stakes are about their future and how they want the world to change not remain the same.. And I know I'm 25 but just reading those books brings up a old feeling of passion i really like and relate to.
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