So, having taken Vampires as a property and left them a cratering vortex of suckage, Hollywood and YA fiction has turned their sights to the sci-fi dystoptian future setting relying on the classic adolescence logic "if its terrible, its probably a lot like high school"
So, now we get future societies that are paper thin metaphors for highschool in which the characters must choose if they are going to be a member of the Jocks, the Nerds, the Goths, the Stoners, or the Hicks (I know the book has some ridiculously contrived names for these clicks but I refuse to dignify them here) Exept, our plucky female protagonist realizes that she doesn't fit cleanly into any one of these groups *gasp* and must hide her true nature to avoid....... Jesus Christ, when did that little whiny weird kid that spent all of her time writing bad poetry and cutting on herself become the voice of a ****ing generation.
It was bad enough when the completely screwed up Vampires and Werewolves. But with the success of the Hunger Games and Divergent, looks like they want to emo up sci-fi dystopia as well. Anyone wanting to stay ahead of the curve should start crapping out some High Fantasy novels were Elves are Glee club members and Dragons are the football team.
So, now we get future societies that are paper thin metaphors for highschool in which the characters must choose if they are going to be a member of the Jocks, the Nerds, the Goths, the Stoners, or the Hicks (I know the book has some ridiculously contrived names for these clicks but I refuse to dignify them here) Exept, our plucky female protagonist realizes that she doesn't fit cleanly into any one of these groups *gasp* and must hide her true nature to avoid....... Jesus Christ, when did that little whiny weird kid that spent all of her time writing bad poetry and cutting on herself become the voice of a ****ing generation.
It was bad enough when the completely screwed up Vampires and Werewolves. But with the success of the Hunger Games and Divergent, looks like they want to emo up sci-fi dystopia as well. Anyone wanting to stay ahead of the curve should start crapping out some High Fantasy novels were Elves are Glee club members and Dragons are the football team.
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