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francesderwent · 9 days ago

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can’t explain why but good children’s fantasy is usually closer in essence to good adult fantasy than good YA fantasy is to good adult fantasy. the best children’s fantasy reads like the best adult fantasy, and vice versa.

#cate reads #it’s partly because the best adult fantasy is willing to start with a very young protagonist and take seriously the beginning of their life #and the best children’s fantasy isn’t worried about having adult protagonists and serious plots #YA….i love it but I think there are like limits on what it can deal with #and so almost maybe an upper limit on how good it can get?#I’m thinking so many thoughts today lol

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