This is not a teen series. The content is very adult. That's true with some YA books... they're considered YA because the characters are teenagers. It drives me nuts.
I saw your comment in the other thread, and it was interesting because only today I read an article in the newspaper about how, in a strange reversal of roles, American parents were kicking up a fuss about how very violent this movie was and how their kids shouldn't be watching it, while parents around here apparently didn't care so much.
That doesn't surprise me in the least. Stupid fucking Americans.
I don't think any book is considered YA exclusively because its characters are teenagers. Or even primarily. Of course nearly all YA books have teenager characters, but it's the writing and the marketing that make a book YA or not.
I think that when Nick was considering it as a career, writing I mean, he told me the age of your characters matters in regards to what genre they will consider your book. He's done some research into it.
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The Hunger Games
- 25/03/2012 12:13:28 AM
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I feel old
- 25/03/2012 09:57:20 AM
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YA has become huge in the past 5-10 years, thanks to Harry Potter and others.
- 25/03/2012 08:58:58 PM
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Re: YA has become huge in the past 5-10 years, thanks to Harry Potter and others.
- 25/03/2012 10:07:17 PM
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Yes, well, I do perhaps spend more time on the books board than you guys...
- 26/03/2012 09:47:08 PM
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I don't consider The Hunger Games YA.
- 30/03/2012 05:19:51 AM
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YA is a fairly recent invention anyway. (Not that it isn't great! I think it's a great invention!)
- 30/03/2012 04:01:35 PM
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It's definitely marketed as such, whatever its content.
- 30/03/2012 08:59:37 PM
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I don't think you're right.
- 10/04/2012 04:13:32 AM
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I liked the movie, but the absolute funniest part was during the trailers:
- 25/03/2012 11:13:34 PM
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Aww we didn't get that trailer, but I've seen it before. *ending spoiler*
- 26/03/2012 08:42:58 AM
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Entertaining film. good lead character. people die. I got in the movie for free. what isn't to like? *NM*
- 27/03/2012 08:03:47 PM
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I liked it, but at times, I felt like I was a citizen of Panem, watching kids get killed on screen.
- 27/03/2012 08:07:48 PM
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Especially since Katniss is described as olive skinned herself.
- 27/03/2012 09:25:46 PM
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I dunno, I tend to not be a very attentive reader
- 28/03/2012 09:41:26 PM
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Well, it's one thing to not pay attention to physical descriptions
- 28/03/2012 11:38:57 PM
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