So, The Hunger Games (Filling in the Gaps book no. 74)

[chebonne]

It took me something like five hours (with breaks for internet and other things) to finish the thing and it... wasn't bad?

Comments

[xsnarkasaurus]

1) kid's book. You put too much depth in it, they won't read it and they won't get it if they do read it.

2) i warned you .

3) ~eyeroll~

[chebonne]

1) Honestly, I think that's a dangerous way to look at things. Should we really underestimate kids? Especially kids in the age group towards which this is geared? I mean, just think about your son. What will he be like when he gets into his early teens? Do you think he won't get something with some emotional depth? Do you think he doesn't understand depth now? I think we both know he does; understands and appreciates it, even if he doesn't have the kind of understanding of it we do. My point is, there are some pretty intense YA novels with serious depth -- Tomorrow When the War Began is one example, but look at John Green's books or Maureen Johnson's. We shouldn't underestime kids just because they are kids. At least we should give them the opportunity to try, you know? To aquire the understanding of depth on their own, not because their teacher is forcing them to

[xsnarkasaurus]

1) I didn't say it shouldn't have any depth. I agree it needed a bit more than it had. I said it can't have too much. I hold up your cousin as an example. Would she read something (without your influence)? This is a post-apocalyptic novel. It's already going to be a hard concept for many of them to grasp. We don't have the smartest groups of kids these days. I hold up twilight for you. I very much want them to learn and read--hi, would i be becoming a fucking teacher if I didn't?--but with this type of book, you have to be careful.

I've never read John Green or the other book you mentioned (not M. Johnson. I"ve read her)

2) indeed, but so it goes.

3) you love me.

[chebonne]

Well, she's read John Green all on her lonesome, so I have hope for her. But easily digestible and lacking depth don't necessarily have to be mutually exclusive -- although, I do agree that they usually are. It's also possible that we don't have the smartest groups of kids because their parents are fucking morons who treat their kids like morons