So lately I’ve had several book recommendations here and in other subreddits for novels or audiobooks that sounded great, but when I pursued them, I found these were young adult novels. Despite long discussion threads, no one mentioned this.
Don’t get me wrong, I like the occasional YA book. But it seems like something people should mention it is YA, like you might mention if something was softcore. It makes me wonder: Is this is not a big deal to people? Or do people not even realize these are YA?
The most recent was Red Rising, which was suggested as an audio book recommendation. One comment mentioned that they found this after looking for something like Game of Thrones . This is a fun book, and the audio narrator is great, but it is definitely YA and nothing like Game of Thrones, lol.
Anyway, just a thought…
I don’t follow on the comparison to softcore, maybe because I’m not entirely sure I get the reference, but I’m not against your perspective. I’ve always gotten recommendations, did a quick search on reviews, bought a book (or borrowed) and quickly discovered it’s YA. To your point, nothing wrong with YA at all, but it’s not my preference so the occasions where that has happened is annoying.