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Post by The Villa Strangiato on Apr 27, 2016 20:29:18 GMT -4
I'm running out of choices in my school library. You can't make me read "The fault in our stars".
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2016 22:31:37 GMT -4
I like how I can usually guess whose thread it is by the title
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Post by LNG257 on Apr 29, 2016 0:57:39 GMT -4
It's because all the authors aren't modern YA fiction.
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Post by Bannanachair on Apr 29, 2016 6:52:15 GMT -4
I highly recommend The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov if you want a good book. It's not a YA novel (it was originally designed for adults), but there's nothing in it that's particularly violent/sexual/gory - there are a few references to sex, one or two fight scenes and it does contain tobacco usage, but it should be fine. You can probably find it in the science fiction section of your library instead of the young adult section, though.
As for why most YA fiction sucks, I honestly don't know. The last time I read a book written for teenagers I was eight and since then I've just been reading from the grown-ups section of the library.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2016 22:04:39 GMT -4
The YA section can have some pretty nice comics
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Post by The Villa Strangiato on May 4, 2016 8:13:03 GMT -4
The school library, not my public one.
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Post by Bannanachair on May 4, 2016 8:22:30 GMT -4
Your school has a library?
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Post by The Villa Strangiato on May 4, 2016 17:10:30 GMT -4
A sucky one that caters to YA love triangles and threesomes.
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Post by Bannanachair on May 8, 2016 8:58:27 GMT -4
A sucky one that caters to YA love triangles and threesomes. To paraphrase something that Shakespeare once said; kill it before it lays eggs. |
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Post by The Villa Strangiato on Jun 17, 2016 22:57:56 GMT -4
A sucky one that caters to YA love triangles and threesomes. To paraphrase something that Shakespeare once said; kill it before it lays eggs. I think shakespere said let them eat cake or something. |
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Post by Bannanachair on Aug 30, 2016 11:04:46 GMT -4
I recently read a counterexample. I highly recommend Star Wars: Lost Stars. It's one of the few romance novels where the romance makes sense and it isn't a fucking love triangle because I fucking hate those.
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Post by Pawzkat on Aug 30, 2016 11:07:14 GMT -4
Well, the formula for writing a YA book is very simple and can get a bit repetitive.
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Post by hygenisthygenist on Sept 3, 2016 18:30:31 GMT -4
"The Fault in our Stars" was, surprisingly enough, mediocre. Not shitty or great. Just average
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Post by LeBlunder on Sept 3, 2016 18:33:21 GMT -4
Oh okay
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Post by Bannanachair on Sept 3, 2016 20:00:16 GMT -4
Well, the formula for writing a YA book is very simple and can get a bit repetitive. Here it is! Step one) Average, relatable teenage protagonist Step two) Two characters of the opposite gender Step three) Waste half of the book on a love triangle Step four) The villains are all evil adults in a dystopian future Step five) The romance is fucking forced between the characters Step six) Remember to leave it open for sequels |
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Post by Pawzkat on Sept 4, 2016 22:39:44 GMT -4
Well, the formula for writing a YA book is very simple and can get a bit repetitive. Here it is! Step one) Average, relatable teenage protagonist Step two) Two characters of the opposite gender Step three) Waste half of the book on a love triangle Step four) The villains are all evil adults in a dystopian future Step five) The romance is fucking forced between the characters Step six) Remember to leave it open for sequels Don't forget the movie aspect. There's gonna be four, no matter what. It doesn't matter what's in the last book, it will be split into two movies. |
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Post by Bannanachair on Sept 5, 2016 4:14:49 GMT -4
Here it is! Step one) Average, relatable teenage protagonist Step two) Two characters of the opposite gender Step three) Waste half of the book on a love triangle Step four) The villains are all evil adults in a dystopian future Step five) The romance is fucking forced between the characters Step six) Remember to leave it open for sequels Don't forget the movie aspect. There's gonna be four, no matter what. It doesn't matter what's in the last book, it will be split into two movies. Honestly that only happened with Harry Potter, Twilight and Hunger Games so far; that's not a large enough sample size to determine a significant trend. |
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Post by Pawzkat on Sept 5, 2016 22:28:10 GMT -4
Don't forget the movie aspect. There's gonna be four, no matter what. It doesn't matter what's in the last book, it will be split into two movies. Honestly that only happened with Harry Potter, Twilight and Hunger Games so far; that's not a large enough sample size to determine a significant trend. And Divergent. The Death Cure might have considered that route as well, as the wiki had to explicitly state that the movie was not being split into two parts. |
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Post by Bannanachair on Sept 6, 2016 3:47:50 GMT -4
Honestly that only happened with Harry Potter, Twilight and Hunger Games so far; that's not a large enough sample size to determine a significant trend. And Divergent. The Death Cure might have considered that route as well, as the wiki had to explicitly state that the movie was not being split into two parts. I've never heard of those, to be honest. |
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Post by Pawzkat on Sept 6, 2016 8:16:57 GMT -4
And Divergent. The Death Cure might have considered that route as well, as the wiki had to explicitly state that the movie was not being split into two parts. I've never heard of those, to be honest. It's okay, the plots are nothing spectacular. |
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Post by The Villa Strangiato on Sept 6, 2016 17:23:31 GMT -4
when i look back and my pure edginess
end me
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