What specifically do you mean "ugly covers"? Are we talking poorly photoshopped romance novel covers? Trade paperback reprints of classic books that have weird modern art for some reason? Books adapted into movies where the cover is now the movie poster with the words "NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE" on it?

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I have to agree. From all of the booktubers I’ve seen from other countries other than the US, they have far better looking covers.

I thought it was fine.

I read it before this sub started circle-jerking over how much they hate it, so I had no particular expectations either way. And I thought it was just sort of pleasant, if a bit shallow.

It's really hit and miss from what I can see, with different styles trending then going out of style. British covers are actually the least interesting to me because they seem to have a minimalism thing going on.

If you're American (or exposed to a lot of American media, which everyone on reddit is) then there could be some selection bias, where you are only seeing foreign covers that are good enough to share.

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You're going to need to provide some examples of this.

I feel like, in most places, covers varies. There are some I hate and some I absolutely love.

I have a lot of books that I think have absolutely gorgeous covers and I feel like reviews on the covers is a trend that is definitely on it's way out.

I need a comparison since I've only seen American covers. However, your theory sounds about right considering how many people never read another book past high school.

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I’ve never read any of his other books. The Alchemist is bar none the worst book I’ve ever read. However, I don’t cast judgment on anyone who feels differently. I’m happy for anyone who finds value in something, even if I don’t.

I didn’t enjoy it, but it was enthusiastically recommended to me by a few people, so clearly others did enjoy it.

No it isn’t any different (still illegal), but I don’t think the biggest publishers in the country are concerned about you as a singular person, maybe if you started a global online archive that was sharing untold amount of titles to untold amounts of people for free without permission, then maybe they’d take notice.

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Except i can copy a paper book and share it without issues. It's not much different

As a fellow not-fan of YA, here are my two cents:

1. Simply, because of the target demographic. The major consumers of YA tend to be teenage girls who are either experiencing their first romance or are curious about it. YA novels provide an outlet for this, and there’s nothing wrong with that when done well. When it is not done well is another story, but again, nothing wrong with it in principal. Teenagers are going through puberty, they are curious, and literature is a perfectly acceptable place to go looking for answers (better a YA book than a porno).

2. If by “staked” you mean the characters are inseparable and their personalities disintegrate, then yes, it makes the relationship and characters unlikeable. IMO, a healthy relationship is one in which two (or more) people come together because of mutual interests and chemistry, but do not lose their identity in the process. An example of the inverse of this would be something like the relationship in “The Owl House”; the relationship between two of the characters is insufferable to me because it seems that they are only defined by that anymore now. A lot more to say about this, but I am not trying to write a master’s thesis.

3. To be fair, this is an issue of bad editing rather than the YA genre. Lots of authors write themselves into a corner, say “oh shit” once they realize it, then have to deus ex machina their way to a satisfying conclusion. This often leads to rather abrupt and anticlimactic endings which, as you perfectly said, makes you wonder if everything leading to it was worth it. Another example worth giving is the final season of “She Ra: The Prinesses of Power”, which is a show I like very much, but completely flopped in the last season for this very reason. The actual conflict of the season felt rushed, unexplained, then suddenly there was a big battle and the day was saved; that’s not an issue of the show being targeted towards younger folks, that’s an issue of bad writing.

With regards to your last question, my main concern with YA is that I am too old for it. I loved “The Hunger Games” when I was a teenager, but I am a teenager no longer. I rarely find relationships in YA books healthy, there is either too much or too little worldbuilding, and the stories become ridiculously convoulated when the first book inevitably turns into a multi book series where each new entry is longer than the previous one and it seems like it’s going nowhere and suddenly it just ends.

I think a lot of the shade throw at that novel is because of his other books. Which are sort of out there new age self help books. I think people group it together with the body of his work. Which isn't fair and there's nothing wrong with in-bedding wisdom in a novel anyway. IMO.

Dog ate my book "The Expectant Father" by Armin A. Brott and Jennifer Ash. Please help

So my GSP really likes or hates this book and ripped the first 30 pages off, which I can still read. But more importantly, also pages 123 to 135, the section on sex, which I can't read. He ripped them almost right down the middle. While my dog may be trying to send me a message... I don't know. But it would make me very happy if I could read this section. Could anyone send me pictures of these pages so I can finish my book? Thanks in advance!

Thank you. I will ask it there.

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That's the struggle of humanity, to recruit others to your vision of what is real. - The Adventures of Augie March (Bellow).

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"We reached the old wolf in time to watch a fierce green fire dying in her eyes. I realized then, and have known ever since, that there was something new to me in those eyes - something known only to her and to the mountain. I was young then, and full of trigger-itch..."

I don’t think it’s pointless, it obviously has a point but I do think it’s childish. Not in a way that’s immature, but that it has all the classic tropes of child/middle grade literature. However, just because something is ‘childish’ doesn’t mean it cant be enjoyed by adults. It’s accessibility is probably a lot of the reason why it’s a continual best seller.

1. because it sells. Romance is the most popular fiction genre by far.

2. because it's simple for the plot.

3. because it's simple for the plot.

Concerns about YA? None really, it's not my genre. I'm more interested in children's literature because at least there's a possibility I'll have to read those to kids.