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Can we get a YA thread?
>pic related its the book I'm reading
It's pretty good and it helps me understand my pansexual friend more

>> No.3513353
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3513353

>inb4 John Green hate

Plan on reading this at some stage. Anyone read it and can recommend?

>> No.3513362

There needs to be a YA section on the /lit/ wiki I think.

>> No.3513368

Why would I read a book written for children?

>> No.3513382
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3513382

I think this will be the last YA series I will ever read.

>> No.3513386

>>3513368
Young adult =/= child.

>> No.3513502

>>3513353
I read it not long ago, I would recommend.

>> No.3513528

>>3513261
>Understand my pansexual friend more

Fuck him. Easiest way to understanding.

You might like it, too

>> No.3513535

>>3513386
Yea it actually does.

Why is there a need for YA category?

It serves two audiences:

1. Children who are smart and ready to read more advanced works than children's books, but simply do not have the grasp for vocabulary and grammar necessary to read adult books.

2. Adults who only read at a smart child's proficiency.

>> No.3513538

>>3513535
And for teens who aren't bright enough for actual literature.

>> No.3513547

>>3513261
>it helps me understand my pansexual friend more

Why do you need a YA novel for this?

>> No.3513553

>>3513535
So you're saying you went straight from childhood into adulthood? You went from reading Fantastic Mister Fox straight into Crime and Punishment?

Essentially we read something that we can relate to or gain something from. If your experience as a child or an adult didn't significantly differ from your experience as a teenager/young adult, then I sincerely pity you for having missed out on an amazing period of your life.

>> No.3513561

>>3513353
only read half of it but yes, good shit

>enders game and the giver are the only two books I remember reading that I may read again.

>> No.3513564

>>3513502
>>3513561
Thanks, will pick it up next time I'm at the shop.

>> No.3513576
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3513576

>No John Green
u srs /lit/? This book had me in tears. I nostalgia'd all over the place and it hit me harder than I expected. Would recommend to anyone.

>> No.3513586

>>3513576
It's divisive on here.

Sure it's not without its flaws but for a debut novel I think it's excellent.

>> No.3513590

>>3513586
It's been a while since I've come here but when I was actively posting I seemed only to see good opinions of it. The Fault in Our Stars was pretty good too.

>> No.3513592

>>3513353
I Am the Messenger is better.

>> No.3513595

Fuck off retards

>> No.3513593

>>3513590
How does it compare to LFA? Better, worse? Similar themes?

>> No.3513600

>>3513535
I read YA occasionally because it's easy light reading, and ultimately pretty fun. Obviously I have the grasp to read adult literature, because I do more often than not. But sometimes it's just fun to pick up something you can coast through.

>> No.3513604

>>3513553
>If your experience as a child or an adult didn't significantly differ from your experience as a teenager/young adult, then I sincerely pity you for having missed out on an amazing period of your life.

shitpost

>> No.3513608

>>3513593
I personally enjoyed LFA more, but they are both good. The Fault in Our Stars is more of a feelsy book than Alaska, but the same basic concept in the end. Not too much of a departure but still worth the time to read it seeing as how it only took me around a day to finish it off.

>> No.3513610

>YA fiction

Fuck it

I'm outta here

Does anyone know of any place on the internet where intelligent discussion takes place about philosophy and high literature?

>> No.3513618

>>3513610
>being this intellectually insecure

>> No.3513625

>>3513610
>Hey guys, I'm only allowed to read things that make me feel smart and better than everyone else for having read them
Not everything you have to read is top-tier literature. It IS possible to read a short, quick read purely for enjoyment.

>> No.3513630

>>3513610
>high literature

Get this bourgeois insecurity out of here.

>> No.3513638

>>3513618
>>3513630
Hey, you're the ones reading books written for 13 year olds.

>> No.3513646

>>3513638
this comment is the equivalent of "Hey you guys are the ones wearing pink shirts!"

>> No.3513653

>>3513638
Yes but if you truly wanted to find a place to talk about 'high literature' and 'philosophy' you wouldn't ask in a thread you have deemed to be full on intellectually inferior people now would you?

No go fuck off somewhere else where people might give a shit about your pseudo intellectual projections.

>> No.3513686

welcome to the new /lit/

>> No.3513907

>>3513638
And this means we don't/aren't capable of reading higher-level literature? I certainly do. I also read YA. Know why? Because I stopped giving a fuck how smart people think I am.

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Also, THIS FUCKING BOOK.

My high school economics teacher wrote it. He's a pretty righteous dude.