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…
Because it is? It’s written like a young adult romance book. I took the book blinldy after reading it’s a take on Battle Royale and it took 10 pages to know that I am too old for this style of writing.
It’s not a romance series by any stretch. The fact that it includes a relationship between the MC and someone else doesn’t make it a romance. Its a YA dystopian novel, it primarily highlights class disparity and dehumanization. The central conflict is not a question of “will their romance work out” it is “will MC survive this grotesque game”.
No offense but maybe if you actually READ it you’d know why it was a weird classification…