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In my head whenever I read YA now I always see the characters closer to my age (mid 20s)
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Anonymous 1w

Same. It's why I struggle to read books with child protagonists now since I can't really relate much anymore

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

Eh I disagree about relating depending on their age. We all still make mistakes, we still struggle with identity and relationships love and hurt and purpose in life and that’s true no matter what your age is

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

And also you were a child once too?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

I think for some things the new perspective is helpful. When I read the hunger games at age 10 I thought Katniss was a basically grown up badass, I just re-read them at 23 and with a new horror because I’m reading the internal monologue of a traumatized child

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1w

(Which is ultimately what Collins intended, because she was writing from the perspective of an adult)

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