This week's topic is "What are five things you wish to see more of in fiction?"
1. Horror. I don't think there's enough truly scary fiction.
2. Honest friendships. My best friends and I have messy, complicated, full relationships, and I feel this is rarely portrayed well in fiction.
3. Boy-girl friendships. Why is it that every boy and girl who are friends have to fall in love? So not true. Can I get a little platonic up in here?
4. Sex in YA. There. I said it. I knew a lot of people who were having sex well before college. Why isn't this represented in YA fiction?
5. College settings. This is the black hole of fiction. Everything is split between high school and younger or mid-twenties/first job age. Where's the college love?
What do you wish you saw more in fiction?
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5 comments:
Yes, I agree with your list. Why can't a guy and gal just be super awesome friends?
Great week for ya Logan!
Omg yes, what I wouldn't do for more horror. And college books!
I totally agree about college-set books. You just don't find that often.
Relationships are my thing--romantic and platonic--and I love it when books have both. Too often I find that heroes and heroines are isolated from their peers and the romantic relationship they develop in the book is the only one they have. The Chain Reaction by Simone Elkeles is an example of this. I liked Carlos and Kiara's romance, but I wanted to see Carlos make some friends that weren't Kiara. He sort of did, but though it's hinted at, it doesn't happen in the book. We find out about it in the epilogue.
I agree with most of your other five, too, except the one about more horror. That, however, is probably because I am a complete and utter wimp.
Thanks for putting up the SSS button. You're awesome!
I talk about wanting more college settings all the time! :)
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