I’m 29 and grew up at that sweet spot where I was in high school when Twilight was massive. Everyone was reading The Hunger Games, and as a teen I was exposed to all of the biggest YA books: City of Bones, The Maze Runner, Clockwork Angel, Divergent, The Fault in our Stars.
I haven’t read any YA in years but I’ve always kept my eye on it, and recently I’ve had the itch to dive back in. Seeing books like Divine Rivals, Gallant, Firekeeper’s Daughter, The Inheritance Games, etc, I’m wondering how they’d match up to the YA from when I was a teen.
For those of you who never really stopped reading YA, how do the big hitters today compare to 10-15 years ago?
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by PhotographFast1943
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I am 40 and just finished reading the City of Ember series. I have no qualms about reading YA books, I read what I like!
YA novels are a broad spectrum, and there’s absolutely some YA that has themes and characters that have a lot of appeal to adult readers. There’s also a lot of bottom-of-the-barrel garbage, so I’m not endorsing reading every YA novel you find.
There are a lot of YA novels that emphasise diverse characters and settings but in a way that’s intended to be accessible for everyone, which are particularly valuable in my opinion.
37 and I read YA all the time. I read (and listen to) what I like and I don’t care what category it’s considered.
Finished Fourth Wing a few weeks ago – it’s been a long time since I’ve devoured a book in 1-2 sittings. YA can be extreme east pleasure reading!
Some books hit different when you’re older, but I still love going back and reading the books I loved when I was younger, it’s like a comfort read to me. Others like books I was made to read for school, I read now and actually enjoy or at least understand why they were making us read them even if at the time I hated them.
So basically what I’m saying is go for it because you never know and rereading a book you learn more. I’ve reread the Harry Potter books many times and learned something new this last time that had overlooked.
I can’t comment on new YA but when it comes to reading can you really go wrong? Sure a book might not be your thing but hey you got to read!