I think my challenge is that it isn’t a genre, it’s a demographic. It’s somewhat insulting to young adults to believe the only novels they should consume conform to the genre as you’ve said.

Good books are good books. I’d rather they start slapping PG-13 on books instead of designing an entire YA “genre”.

[–] sparky678348@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Maybe calling it a genre modifier or medium would be more accurate but that's semantics.

It's not called YA because young adults should only read YA, more like it makes a good stepping stone for young adults to get into reading.

[–] Lileath@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I dont belittle the genre, I like a lot of YA books actually, I belittle the people that in their 30s still only read YA and fanfiction and refuse to branch out while simultaneously thinking that they are well read.

[–] sparky678348@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

I totally get what you're saying, but at the same time most people these days just don't read for pleasure whatsoever. With that context I would prefer people only read YA than not read at all. I'm not here to gate keep reading you know, there's endless phenomenal YA books out there.