So we had three 14 year old guys (friends of Youngest Son) staying over last night for New Year’s. (The pyrotechnics are a whole other story.)
Over a brunch of hotdogs, the boys started talking about the Hunger Games books and films. My wife asked, “What’s better the books or the films?” Two boys shrugged. After thinking for a moment, the other (not my son, who sadly doesn’t read much) said this, quite seriously:
“Well. In the book, you can skip straight to the actual Hunger Games. In the film, you have to sit through an hour and ten minutes of crap first. So the book’s definitely better.”
I think this is instructive for writers, particularly writers of young adult ficiton and particularly authors seeking male readers under 30. As Montgomery Burns once said, “Get to the bloody point!”
Whatchoo think?
Source:
http://petealdin.com/from-the-mouths-of-teenage-fiction-readers/