Is Alexandra Quick YA?

Jul 14, 2011 23:04

Yes, instead of watching a midnight showing of Deathly Hallows, Part 2, I am writing. I fail at Potter fandom ( Read more... )

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re: anonymous July 15 2011, 17:24:35 UTC
I've always just considered the AQ series as just good fiction. Not YA, or MG. I think that any reader of any age group would enjoy this series. I'm a fossil (I'm 34) and not afraid to admit it. If I find good fiction, I read it and often suggest it to other people who may find it a good read as well. A lot of people I used to work with when I worked for Wal-Mart, have picked up on the AQ series. they are waiting on pins and needles for AQATSA to be finished so we can see what antics Alexandra will get into next.
Overall, my friends and I REALLY love this series and can't wait for the next installment...whether it's labeled MG or YA, we DON'T care, just make it the best way you see fit Inverarity.

--wodcdre

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Re: inverarity July 15 2011, 17:36:11 UTC
If you're a fossil, I'm Archean. :o

I hope you and your friends will not be disappointed.

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anonymous July 15 2011, 22:52:55 UTC
I saw a 1:00 pm showing of the last movie today. It was quite good, actually--better than the book IMO, although I might be in the minority on that. The war actually felt like a war.

As for whether AQ is YA or not...honestly, I don't think there's a right answer to that one. No genre is clearly defined, YA especially so, and for some (a lot of?) books, the genre it's placed in is fairly arbitrary and ultimately dependent on what booksellers want to market it as.

If I were forced to give an answer, I'd say that AQ is YA, but I can't offer a good reason for that. Maybe it's just that the major characters are so young. Again though, it's a fairly meaningless distinction anyway.

-TealTerror

P.S.: I think the current humor level is fine.

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Yes, it's YA anonymous July 16 2011, 20:17:23 UTC
If AQ were published, it would certainly be marketed as YA fiction. Your eleven-year-old protagonist would guarantee that. Yes, you hit some mature themes, but plenty of YA hits those themes as well.

Miles 2 Go

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ext_435005 July 21 2011, 17:28:46 UTC
I can't think of any "marketed at adults" books that featured children as protagonists that were not either literary fiction or Ender's Game.

Since, as you point out, YA is a marketing label more than anything (the Hunger Games and Demon's Lexicon series are not the same genre (on a side note, I'd be interested in seeing you review the Demon's Lexicon series at some point, as the final book was just published)), yeah, I think of AQ as YA.

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inverarity July 21 2011, 23:22:38 UTC
Off the top of my head, Alexei Panshin's Rite of Passage, and several Stephen King stories (including Talisman, The Body, It) are very much adult novels with young protagonists.

Demon's Lexicon? You mean this Demon's Lexicon?


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ext_435005 July 24 2011, 01:54:42 UTC
The original cover was terrible, but you could say the same about Name of the Wind, and you liked that!

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inverarity July 24 2011, 03:22:46 UTC
Well, I admit the pretty boy with soft kissable lips suggests that I am not the target audience.

And book two looks like this:


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lozbabie July 23 2011, 12:54:17 UTC
I would classify it as young adult. I read some brutal books as I was a kid and teenager, but they were still definitly counted as YA.

Were you planning to do a sequel to HHD? I loved the characters in that series.

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inverarity July 23 2011, 14:00:48 UTC
I plan to write a sequel to HHD someday. No guesses as to when, though.

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