Harry Potter was a smash hit about a boy discovering he’s a wizard and going to school in a magical world full of wonder and adventure. Twilight didn’t hit quite that high a note, but the story of a teenage girl who learns her classmate is a vampire and falls in love with him did quite well. The Hunger Games popularized the dystopian genre with a bow wielding teenager stepping up to survive death games, have angsty romances, and fight the power.
As far as I can tell, nothing has quite hit that same kind of high since and it may be awhile until the next truly big wave. But if it were up to you, what would the next big thing be about?
I think that’s why I loved Artemis fowl as a kid. A lot of the wcience was made up, but it made me think being really intelligent could be useful in dangerous situations, and was useful past school
Artemis Fowl is amazing! There was a straight to streaming movie a couple years ago. It was okay, but it wasn’t really advertised.
I thought you said “straight to steaming” and was about to agree with you…