The themes are a lot more appropriate to a teen/YA audience than young children who might find them confusing or hard to understand. This is Reddit, so people have naturally jumped to stuff like sexual assault and genocide, but even if we exclude those as “acts of violence” there’s stuff like Mark learning his father isn’t who he says he is, Mark’s family breaking up as a result, and Debbie abusing alcohol to cope. There’s teen stuff like Rex cheating on Eve and Kate cheating on Rex, and Mark having to discover that his relationship with his high school girlfriend isn’t something that’s meant to last forever. These are good (maybe even important) themes for a teen reader, but younger kids aren’t going to be in a place to appreciate them.
The themes are a lot more appropriate to a teen/YA audience than young children who might find them confusing or hard to understand. This is Reddit, so people have naturally jumped to stuff like sexual assault and genocide, but even if we exclude those as “acts of violence” there’s stuff like Mark learning his father isn’t who he says he is, Mark’s family breaking up as a result, and Debbie abusing alcohol to cope. There’s teen stuff like Rex cheating on Eve and Kate cheating on Rex, and Mark having to discover that his relationship with his high school girlfriend isn’t something that’s meant to last forever. These are good (maybe even important) themes for a teen reader, but younger kids aren’t going to be in a place to appreciate them.