I just started it and I am wondering if this book is for a different young adultish audience ? I don’t want to invest more time if I am the wrong target audience. I realize it’s not technically classified as YA fiction, but I am a 39 year old man that’s typically into more serious lit with complex characters/ themes and beautiful prose. Thoughts ? No spoilers just in case
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I don’t think it’s YA, but that doesn’t mean that it’s going to have characters that satisfy you or prose which evokes your sense of beauty. If it’s not clicking for you, I don’t think you’re unjustified in dropping it. I gave it up after just-over a hundred pages.
If anything you’re exactly the age it’s aimed at, as it references a lot of stuff people more than a few years younger wouldn’t remember. It isn’t exactly “serious literature” though.
YA crowd wont know the games the main characters like,
Im 36 and I loved it!
It’s not supposed to be YA, but it’s such a steaming pile of shit that it could easily pass as such.
I don’t know if it’s YA, but I read it at 38 and it was an enjoyable and undemanding read, I don’t think it’s a matter of age in this case. But if you feel it’s not suitable for you, you can always drop it
It’s not very good (NVG)
I read it as a 39 year old man and enjoyed it. I don’t think I’d classify it as YA. I’m not really sure what that means anyways. For young adults? Hunger games like? It’s a nice story about some people that make video games.
Thank you! This is what I was looking for with this post. I knew I was going to offend some people like I am being snobby and showing my biases, but that’s not true I promise. I can appreciate a YA book, and I don’t think a book is bad just bc it’s simple, I was just under the impression this book was something else I think and I started it and couldn’t decide if it was something I’d like or not. Thanks
I feel like your biases are showing.
“I think this is bad/immature/simple therefore it must be YA” is… QUITE a conclusion to jump to . Especially when it’s about grown adults which like literally a whole requirement for YA is that it’s about, ya know, young adults…
Adult lit can be simple/bad/immature/whatever too!
I know men older than you who play with lego sets and hot wheels aimed at children. Just enjoy what you like. No one cares but you.
I am trying to get an idea if I’d enjoy it or not, that’s all. The comments are definitely helping me, thanks!
36 checking in, read what you enjoy and don’t get concerned with all the little details of whether or not something is complicated enough to stroke your ego.
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow is a book that hit me hard as all hell, and my wife who isn’t even into that subculture decided to pick it up and it affected her just as much.
It’s a solid book, I don’t know if a YA audience would really resonate with or understand it in the same way, though they may enjoy it.
It is not YA, but this author has written other books that are YA. I’ve noticed that female authors who write both adult and YA books frequently end up having their adult books be called YA even when they aren’t.
I’m still hung up on the idea of not wanting to read it if you’re not part of the target audience. If it’s a book you enjoy, who cares if it’s directed at the YA crowd or not?
Who cares what it’s classified as: you either enjoy it or you don’t enjoy it. Don’t let marketing terms ruin a book for you if you’d otherwise enjoy it.
I’m older than you and really liked it. There is definitely some nostalgia points if you grew up in the mid 80s to mid 90s, so no YA is not its target audience.
Thanks!
Why do you think it’s YA? Most of the book is about grown ass adults doing grown ass adult things. And even when it’s not the themes and ideas don’t really mesh with YA, it just happens to feature characters that are young.
That you, I don’t even know this much about it, they’re still kids in the beginning, so thanks for your comment !