Natsu194

Natsu194 OP t1_j6bu38p wrote

Reply to comment by CaptainSholtoUnwerth in Is it weird to read Teens books as a young adult? by Natsu194

Okay, I thought that you were thinking that the problematic themes needed to be there I misunderstood your intent with the first comment. To answer your second question, take Japan for example, manga is ver popular there which almost all are told about teenagers. When citizens of Japan and writers of Manga were talked to about why they said they like to have young protagonists to relive their childhood days or to feel young again while reading even if it is fantasy they relate to the characters and their young problems.

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Natsu194 OP t1_j6bn5eh wrote

Reply to comment by CaptainSholtoUnwerth in Is it weird to read Teens books as a young adult? by Natsu194

This isn't about how easy something is to read or not read. It's about the themes talked about. Some people simply don't enjoy those dark themes in the books they read, they enjoy adventures that are "black and white" in the sense that the risks are life and death or something less severe. They may just not like the problematic topics you mentioned in your original comment.

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Natsu194 OP t1_j6bepko wrote

Reply to comment by CaptainSholtoUnwerth in Is it weird to read Teens books as a young adult? by Natsu194

Honestly some the the reasons you mentioned are why I think adults like to read those books. They remind us of simpler times and it's easier to deal with simpler problems. As adults we often need to deal with people that have ulterior motives and just have to deal with a lot of toxic people and drama in general. As you said there are topics that we deal with that we don't like dealing with, YA books allows us to avoid those problems and just focus on the single (fictional) problem the character is dealing with.

I don't think I articulated my thoughts properly here, but I hope you get the idea!!

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