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Griffen_07 t1_ja7e40j wrote

Reply to comment by badmanmadmansadman in YA novels weak these days by [deleted]

There still is on the adult side. The problem is that the YA side is more geared to simple and blunt. If you are willing to read older books most of epic and adventure fantasy used to be about the teen from nowhere that saved the world.

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badmanmadmansadman t1_ja7eqou wrote

I guess I gotta grow up and check out some adult novels then.

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Griffen_07 t1_ja7g13q wrote

It's not growing up so much as sidestepping. The space that YA now fills used to be a part of the adult section. It's just that Potter showed how much money you could make explicitly marketing to teens. Since most American adults read at around the 6th grade level the normal level of complexity doesn't change across age groups. All you are changing is the trope set.

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