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Originally Posted by Mrd00d
My buddy had trouble with that too. You don't think that's what the future has in store? The writing style and my feelings on those topics go hand in hand. I brushed right through all that stuff with a shrug. And so did the author.
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I didn't have trouble with those things, I'm just saying they're hardly hallmarks of children's literature.
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Originally Posted by Mrd00d
Your saying kids can't learn about dystopia before high school?
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Nope, just saying it's not what I'd describe as a children's book. I myself read
On the Beach and
Johnny Got His Gun in junior high (on my own, not for class) and loved both of them. I still wouldn't describe either of them as children's literature.
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Originally Posted by Mrd00d
All I meant by it was the reading skill level of the book was middle school worthy, but the story is great for anyone. No hard words, no difficult concepts, a fairly engaging premise, can sit down and read it in less than a day. 1984 took me a week to finish, for example.
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To be honest I found
Oryx and Crake kind of hard to get through. Not because it was difficult to read, just because most of it was kind of dull. I liked the premise but I thought it could have been better executed.