I read book since I was a 9 year old, and lately I have been wanting to revisit old books since im in my early 30's. Book series such as Darren Shan's Cirque Du Freak and Demonata, D.J. Machale's Pendragon books and Jonathan Stroud's Bartimeaus books. I enjoyed them so much as a teen, and when I try to re-read them, the language is too simplistic and the dialogue cheesy. I try to move past it and keep reading and now my attention cannot hold when reading those. I loved them so much but I end up putting it down and keep reading books on my TBR and I get back to the enjoyment. Do you guys have the same issue when going back to books you loved as teens? Can you get past the simplicity of it? I was successful in revisiting the Eragon series so I could read Murtagh and for some reason I found Paolini's writing very well done and it was aimed for YA crowd. I tried the other books I mentioned but I could not get through them, so I guess I want to remember them as I loved them. Stories are amazing tho!
by Hypocrite-Lecteur89
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There are a number of books I keep in regular circulation in my reading largely because of how much I enjoyed them when I was younger. By and large it’s nostalgia that keeps them there. Reading them is a comfort from when life was different, easier and more idyllic.
I fully recognize that the writing is not as complex, the characters not as deep or the story not as involved as books I tend to read now. But these stories are very comfortable to reread when I want to take a break and just relax.
It depends. A lot of the stuff I loved in middle school still holds up. The stuff I read in high school and college largely doesn’t.
Some of that is the trends and some is it took me way too long to get comfortable dropping books.
When you go back and read kid books you have to accept them as they are. They will be simple but the best still speaks to you. Yes all Redwall books follow the same plot, structure, and character types. They are still wonderful when you need a simple adventure story.