So, this is going to be slightly rant-y. Probably, all rant, actually. It's about children's books. Not the books themselves, that is, but that title. People seem to look down on those people that are over the age of ten, and still read what is labeled as 'children's books'.
That is just a title! It indicates that the main character(s) are around the ages of ten to sixteen, not the content of the story. I hate it when people look at you funny when you are reading something that is labeled under that category. I hate it even more when people have the nerve to ask you why you are reading that. The level of quality is not indicated by the label that it is under!
You know what is considered a children's book? Percy Jackson; that is one of the best books I have ever read! The same goes with YA novels! people like to say that they have out grown them. That puts down everyone that reads and enjoys YA novels, as if they are not mature, or at your level.
You can say that you don't like reading that character age, that you don't like reading those books, but, in the words of someone very wise, 'to say that you have out grown them, that you have matured past, belittles everyone who enjoys those books!'. Spot on. So, stop judging people that read 'children's books' and YA novels!
Yes, so, there's that. Just some brain food, think on it. It's true.
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