[ SECRET POST #2888 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2888 ⌋

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Comments

Is there any instance where YA fiction is better than critically acclaimed classics?

[(Anonymous)]

just wondering

Re: Is there any instance where YA fiction is better than critically acclaimed classics?

[(Anonymous)]

well, that's pretty subjective. I've definitely enjoyed some YA fiction more than I've enjoyed critically acclaimed classics

Is there any instance where rap is better than classic rock?

[(Anonymous)]

just wondering

Re: Is there any instance where rap is better than classic rock?

[(Anonymous)]

Lmao

Re: Is there any instance where rap is better than classic rock?

[(Anonymous)]

no

Re: Is there any instance where rap is better than classic rock?

[(Anonymous)]

Nope. Nor is Classic Rock better than good ol' fashioned Redneck Country.

Is there any instance where PC gaming is better than console classics?

[(Anonymous)]

just wondering

Re: Is there any instance where YA fiction is better than critically acclaimed classics?

[(Anonymous)]

*Fry eye squint* Not sure if you're trying to start wank here or not.

Is there any instance where Tumblr is better than LiveJournal?

[(Anonymous)]

just wondering

Is there any instance where female characters are better than the classic male hero?

[(Anonymous)]

~just wondering~

Re: Is there any instance where rollercoasters is better than critically acclaimed modern art??

[comradesmiler]

The answer, of course, is every single one.

Re: Is there any instance where YA fiction is better than critically acclaimed classics?

[(Anonymous)]

imo, there's no "better or worse" there's just "this is my cup of tea" and "this isn't."

Re: Is there any instance where YA fiction is better than critically acclaimed classics?

[iceyred]

Fuck you, James Joyce! Maggie Steifvater is a million times better than you!

Is there any instance where listening to Howard Stern is better than a dick in the ass?

[(Anonymous)]

just wondering

Re: Is there any instance where YA fiction is better than critically acclaimed classics?

[(Anonymous)]

I am interpreting this as "is there any instance of a work of fiction classified as YA that is, in your opinion, better than some work of fiction commonly identified as a classic and praised by people who consider themselves critics". In which case yes, duh. If on the other hand you meant to say "better than every work of fiction commonly identified" etc., then no, duh. If only because if the YA book is considered good, you can probably find people claiming it is a critically acclaimed classic, and it can't very well be better than itself.

Re: Is there any instance where YA fiction is better than critically acclaimed classics?

[(Anonymous)]

Hell no.

Re: Is there any instance where YA fiction is better than critically acclaimed classics?

[(Anonymous)]

Always.

Re: Is there any instance where YA fiction is better than critically acclaimed classics?

[(Anonymous)]

That's really too broad of a question, though. Like, how you define "critically acclaimed classics" and even more importantly, how do you define "better"?

Re: Is there any instance where YA fiction is better than critically acclaimed classics?

[cbrachyrhynchos]

Bad question because many critically acclaimed classics get onto the YA shelves by virtue of being taught in middle or high school.

But sure, *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* is a great novel written for juvenile readers. *My Uncle Oswald* is just plain juvenile. I'd put Harry Potter over either Christopher Tolkien's attempts to polish works his father left unpublished for a reason, or Lewis's axe-grinding apologetic as science fiction. (The bar for religion in science fiction is set by *Canticle for Leibowitz* which gets shelved on YA by virtue of being on the HS curriculum.) As much as I love Le Guin, *Earthsea* improves as an allegory for Taoism on *Lathe of Heaven.*

Re: Is there any instance where YA fiction is better than critically acclaimed classics?

[dethtoll]

The problem with most YA fiction is that a lot of it tends to be very tropey and share a lot of the same characteristics from book to book as well as contemporary popular media aimed at children. This isn't bad in and of itself, but that it's so common in YA fiction shows a lack of creativity.

I'd still rather read it than 95% of so-called 'classical literature.'

Re: Is there any instance where YA fiction is better than critically acclaimed classics?

[(Anonymous)]

Critically acclaimed classics then to be very racist / misogynist / homophobic. YA, while lower quality, tends to be much more inclusive and accepting.

So I'd say all instances.

Re: Is there any instance where YA fiction is better than critically acclaimed classics?

[(Anonymous)]

give it enough time and some YA novels become acclaimed classics

or do you think Dickens, Jane Austen, Shakespear (etc)
were anything but popular fiction at their time?

HP, Hunger Games, Twilight will all go down in history as influencial and therefore become "classics" to understand our times.

Re: Is there any instance where YA fiction is better than critically acclaimed classics?

[(Anonymous)]

Hmm, I think the book "My Sparkle Boo and I'm Secretly Hot Too" might be. Or the classic "I'm Sexy But I Don't Know It Damn He Has Two Colored Eyes"

Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon?

[(Anonymous)]

Curious.

Re: Is there any instance where YA fiction is better than critically acclaimed classics?

[(Anonymous)]

Those are two stupidly large sets of things you're asking us to compare, so it's probably not a good comparison to make