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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    1 year ago

    You sort of answered your own question. It’s not a YA book. It’s an adult book marketed toward adults.

    That being said, just because it is an adult book doesn’t guarantee you are the target audience just because you happen to be an adult. Nor does it being an adult book mean it is automatically going to have the complex characters and themes along with beautiful prose you are looking for since all of literature isn’t divided between “YA fiction” and “serious lit” as you describe it.

    You might want to stick to classics and literary fiction if that is what you are looking for, and avoid genre fiction even if it is for adults.

    However, there must also have been a reason why you picked up this book. Why you thought it would appeal to you.

    So maybe keep reading and see if it does.

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      1 year ago

      My post is lame I know, and I didn’t mean to boil down all books into those two categories but I also wanted the post to be short and to the point. I don’t only read classic lit, I do like some YA, horror, sci fi/ fantasy,… I guess I was just wondering if I could get a feel from all of you what kind of book this is without spoiling it. I read the cover summary, read around in Goodreads, but for some reason I couldn’t really get the grasp- just saying it’s a love story but not really a conventional love story, and video games. I am still at the beginning and I HATE to give up on books if I am start them- so was trying to get other people’s impression of the book. Thanks!