#this reminds me of the time i looked up j*nina m*tthewson's other writing besides wtw

[pinejay]

part of the reason why reading was so much easier as a kid is bc the books r written to be basic yet addictive, the writing style of YA novels is just fun and easy to read. this is very obvious, kids' books r simpler than adults', but i feel like ppl don't fully appreciate this fact when they're too busy bemoaning their adult lack of attention span/time/energy (and haven't read a new book in 4 years)

i'm a third of the way thru rick riordan's daughter of the deep rn after 2 days of reading, and when i started it i immediately noticed how honestly puerile the vocabulary and content was. but it's enjoyable and keeps u hooked bc u wanna know what comes next. when i finally got to the part where the main conflict is explained, i thought, oh maybe the point of this book is to explore the complex ethics of scientific advancement that would pretty clearly be used for evil in the hands of certain parties, but at the same time can be used to better the world. but then a character specifically said "so they're the bad guys and we're the good guys" and the teacher was like "yeah"

and of course everything since has just been fun ocean adventure. but at least i'm reading it at the same speed as i would've when i was 12 i guess. still holding out hope there's some ethical conflict not easily dismissed by the fact that the "bad guys" r willing to kill ppl for their cause... but i am reading a children's book so, u know.

#but honestly it's like... almost too easy to read. esp at first #the dramatic tension is basically the main thing that keeps u going #and the fact that there's a kinda funny line like once a chapter #this reminds me of the time i looked up j*nina m*tthewson's other writing besides wtw #and i saw 1 book that looked kinda interesting and read the reviews (i know i know) and one said the writing is too basic #(well it said it in a rly mean way) and i was like wow harsh much? and i tried to read it and... yeah.... the writing was pretty basic