Critical Analysis Blog Post: Sick-Lit Books

   

   In the reading "The sick-lit books aimed at children..." By Tanith Carey had a multitude of epiphany moments that the I found. The author didn't think about backing these up knowing that we were going I would have thought if them. Carey really wanted to get across to her readers that the young adult books that are being published are not appropriate for any teen to read. Throughout the passage as Carey tried to back up this main idea, I was think of rebuttals against her arguments. My rebuttals were easy to make because Carey used her options instead of real teens opinions, and she not a teen so what would she know?




     When Carey talks about the different sick-lit books like; The Faults in our Stars, Never Eighteen and Before I die, and how they all dealt with the concept of sickness, love and death, she says that it's not a "coincidence" that all these books are almost the same. Carey feels that books like these that are " aimed at children as young as 12", shouldn't contain such specific detail and such topics. These books may go more in depth about serious topics like the death, The books were still sold at a fast rate. In fact  in the article it states that, The fault in our stars was on Amazons teen best-sellers list and Before I die sold 70,000 copies in their first four months. My question was if the books are selling so much and teens really liked them, then how was it too much for them to handle? Teams were obviously attracted to these kinds of books so why take them away?




     Carey things of books as a role models for the readers. This is partially true. Teens do learn a lot from reading books but we also know how to tell what's right and what's wrong. We knew who We are and were not just going to copy everything we see or hear. Plus we're  very mature me know how to handle most adult content in books. So there might be us sprinkle of sex, swearing or other things in certain books that we read bit that doesn't mean you have to rip it out of our hands and band us from reading it. As long as were comfortable with the reading that type of stuff then it's okay for us to read the book. 




     It's okay to be cautious with the things that you're children are reading but talk to them first before you lecture them on what type of books they cannot cannot read.  If there is no issue with reading books that are heavy or not then those choices are both fine. As long as they feel comfortable or you don't have to stay on their backs about what they're reading, then let them read what they want. Kids will have to learn soon enough about certain things in life but by reading books about them they become open to them these topic making it a less awkward conversation when you want to talk to them about it. It's the best thing to do for the reader and the parent.