In a culture defined by shades of gray, I think the absolute black and white choices in dark young adult novels are incredibly satisfying for readers.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Dark books do appeal to kids because they have nice, sheltered lives - and they also appeal to children who are going through pretty hard times themselves.
Sometimes even when the book is over I don't know who's good and who's bad. It's really more interesting, I think, to write about gray characters than it is to write about black and white.
So much of young adult literature has turned dark, almost pathological. It's almost as if there is a race to see who can be the most dysfunctional.
The dark book has been terribly popular. Dark characters, dysfunction, and all sorts of things from reality that are true in our world.
I always crave to see more stories about and by people of color, particularly new work by young black writers.
There are infinite shades of grey. Writing often appears so black and white.
Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.
In general, I am more interested in the darker characters when I watch or read stories.
There's so much grey to every story - nothing is so black and white.
I think the value in books like mine, and a great number by other talented writers, is in the ability to bring dark subjects into the open where they are not so dark, where they can be talked about and considered by teens and adults alike.