I'm so over the dark, brooding not-very-mysterious, thinks-he's-dangerous type.
Lol hahaha! Are you sure? From what I hear, they're yummy!
I know you probably think I'm picking on you, but I'm not. It's just that we so frequently disagree.
Actually, I don't remember any past conversations we've had before.
It's obvious you hate Twilight; you mention it constantly. That's fine, and I understand your position. However, it was published YEARS ago. It's certainly not the only book available for teens to purchase, and there really is plenty of good YA to read, including books for young men. If you haven't come across any, I'd strongly urge you to read more YA. If you need recommendations, ask. I'm sure you'd get tons of great suggestions from AWers.
Nope. I don't hate Twilight; I just find it hilarious. I own the first three, and got the last one from my library. The only reason I used Edward and Jacob in my initial post was becos they're the poster boys of love-triangle in YA, just like Romeo and Juliet are to love stories.
I have read plenty of YA books, and most YA books are geared towards female. It's not something I'm saying out of ignorance or lack of research. When the publishing industry pimps books for YA it's usually books aimed at girls, which all sound like Twilight (one bad boy, one nice boy, both paranormal, one girl. Or, mix these attributes up). That's not to say there aren't books for young men, but everyone knows young adults gravitate towards what's popular most of the time. If Young adults don't hear about a book, or if their peers aren't excited about it, most of they won't go looking for it.
And i'm not saying this cos im looking for books for me. I'm saying this cos there are frequent articles that keep asking questions: why don't boys read? What should we do about this? And I'm saying, well, you know if more publishers and authors put out more stuff that was targetted at both sexes (harry potter, etc), and not something that would have boys thinking, "Dude, if my friends catch me reading this, they would rip on me in class," then maybe these articles wouldn't be asking those questions.
Males (of all ages) tend to read less fiction than females. Sure, we could always use more YA fiction geared toward males. But young men choosing not to read fiction really has nothing to do with Twilight (and actually, many young men read the Twilight series).
I guess I just really don't see any basis for your rant, and it leads me to believe you're simply reading YA that isn't suited to your tastes. Stop reading that stuff.
And why do they tend to read less fiction than females? The success of harry potter proved that men and boys are very much capable of reading the great fiction as girls and women. Video games are awesome, but books are better. If boys pick up the habit of reading early, especially in their Young adult years, when they become men they wouldn't shy away from books, as most men do today. And it would actually help the industry, to be honest. But this can only happen if more authors, new onces especially, embrace an attitude of developing stories that are not rooted to satisfy just one sex. Writing books with believable and awesome YA male characters can go a long way to doing that too. You never know.
Again, I'm not blaming Twilight for anything, and I'm not ranting. This is just my observation of YA today.
