It seems to me that some YA books are not really YA, but are simply categorized that way because of one or more characters are not adult.
This often bothers me because I write novels with teenage characters that I do NOT consider YA, but will probably be categorized that way anyway.
Having said that, though, I do think some (not all) YA novels are better written, perhaps because they're shorter and there's less tendency to over-write? I don't know.
I often find more appealing characters there. In YA UF, for example, I don't find the female characters to be as bitchy and there's real story because you can't fill it all up with sex.
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Date: 2009-07-14 05:46 pm (UTC)This often bothers me because I write novels with teenage characters that I do NOT consider YA, but will probably be categorized that way anyway.
Having said that, though, I do think some (not all) YA novels are better written, perhaps because they're shorter and there's less tendency to over-write? I don't know.
I often find more appealing characters there. In YA UF, for example, I don't find the female characters to be as bitchy and there's real story because you can't fill it all up with sex.
Just a thought.