edgelordjones t1_j6p8l4a wrote on January 31, 2023 at 10:42 PM

They tried to turn a war story about child soldiers conscripted by fascist adults into a YA FRANCHISE.

WeDriftEternal t1_j6pbj9t wrote on January 31, 2023 at 11:01 PM

The books are pretty YA by almost any definition

BlishBlash t1_j6pdff8 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 11:14 PM

That's true but there's a huge gulf between "young adult" books and "young adult" pretty much everything else. Books can get away with a ton of stuff that movies/games/etc would get crucified for. Ender's Game being a perfect example.