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indecentpause · 16 days

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The Art of Losing Touch

When Cal wakes up in a psychiatric ward after a suicide attempt, his life appears to he over in every way but literally. His youngest brother hates him now, and everyone else in his family keeps him at emotional arms’ length, afraid he’ll explode.

After he’s finally released, he has to work on putting his life back together, but with the rumors at school and the cruelty of new and numbered bullies, his parents pull him out and sign him up for internet classes.

At first his medication makes it impossible to function, but as his doctor adjusts them, things start to seem like they’ll get better.

Then Cal meets Craig, and everything goes upside down. But this time, in the best possible way.

Period Drama/YA. Gen with gay male lead.

Ao3 || Wattpad

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septemberkisses · 4 months

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the fact that i'm no longer the same age as the protagonists of novels and films i once connected to is so heartbreaking. there was a time when I looked forward to turning their age. i did. and i also outgrew them. i continue to age, but they don't; never will. the immortality of fiction is beautiful, but cruel.

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headspace-hotel · 1 year

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There is a type of plot that is prevalent in YA books and starting to get into general lit that I do not like. It is a similar trope to the MacGuffin, but instead of the plot being driven by an object, it is driven by the characters being in some sort of situation with formally fixed stakes.

Just as a MacGuffin is an object with no specific properties that affect its importance to the story, the identifying characteristic of this plot is that exact nature of the situation is irrelevant or at least not very important.

A very common example is when characters are involved in some sort of game or competition—for example, the first Throne of Glass book involves the protagonist competing to become the king's assassin, but the plot of the book would need to change very little if the competition was a beauty pageant.

"Gamified" plot lines like this often also include MacGuffins (to drive the "game"), confirming the tropes' similarity in my head.

The other common example is the "magic/superhero/assassin school" plot. The "school" is often just a device that brings the characters together and keeps them on a predetermined track, but there's nothing about what the characters are learning or even the school's specific identity as an educational institution that affects the plot.

#tropes #fantasy #books #writing #ya books #young adult books #young adult tropes #fantasy tropes

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crow-caller · 2 years

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Tiktok sensation LightLark is the final boss of bad fantasy YA— a failure built on aesthetic boards and tropes, unable to pretend it has a heart

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A full summary with spoilers, analysis, quotes- and so much more on the subject of a book you should never read. This is a long piece. Like ‘Youtube Video Essay’ long.

Lightlark is joyless, a husk beyond parody, a checklist of every Island of Blood and Bone and Glass and Hearts that has come out in the last five years, built and sold on tropes and aesthetic boards. This is a book written by an author who is not a writer. It would fit in on the dregs of an amateur writing site with eerie perfection.

But Lightlark is more than that. You see, Lightlark is… a TikTok book.

EDIT:

Thanks :')

There's now a video version. I heard Tumblr likes video essay long watches on obscure very specific content... may I introduce you to:

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I'm not making a dime on this, I have no horses, only like 70 hours of work looking at this mess of a book and I just want to make sure everyone knows how bad it is. Let's be bitter at this multimillionaires flop together.

#Alex aster #Book drama #Book Review #booktok #fantasy #fiction #Lightlark #Review #romance #writing #YA #YA books #YA fiction #young adult #Youtube

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animentality · 3 months

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#twitter #writing #ya #young adult #books

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gabriellemkari · 3 months

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HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

If you love sword lesbians two queens in love you should preorder mine and Anna Kopp's graphic novel releasing in March!

-> The Marble Queen Preorder

and if you preorder you can pick up some extra goodies

Summary: A sapphic YA graphic novel with sword fighting, political intrigue, and magic where the princess needs a marriage alliance for the welfare of her kingdom, but she unknowingly accepts a proposal from a mysterious country, having come not from the prince, but his sister.

#artists on tumblr #graphic novel #young adult fiction #ya graphic novel #anna kopp #digital art #art process #the marble queen #salira #amelia #rose #roses #ya fiction

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soranatus · 3 months

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This Land Is Our Land: A Blue Beetle Story

Made by Jacoby Salcedo, Julio Anta, and Francesco Segala, releasing October 2024

Blue Beetle's YA graphic novel debut, will tackle contemporary issues well-known to the Latino community. Immigration and perceptions of border life and issues will be addressed, framing current events in a DC context. Contrary to the recent film, which takes place in Palmera City, Jaime will be operating in his hometown of El Paso, Texas, in a retelling of his origin story.

#dc comics #graphic novel #dc graphic novels #ya graphic novel #young adult graphic novel #blue beetle #jaime reyes #Jacoby Salcedo #Julio Anta #Francesco Segala #news #art

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charliesopus · 9 months

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This was a labor of love and the most complex piece I’ve ever made.

7096 stitches, 98 hours. 2-strand on 18ct.

I was just so in love with this book cover, I couldn’t not.

The book is Crush, the second installment in the Crave series by Tracy Wolff :)

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kumerish · 2 months

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Oli from The Gulf

#the gulf #comics #comic #graphic novel #ya #young adult #ya books #ya comics #ya graphic novels #cartoon #cartoonist

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serien-grl-22 · 16 days

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Something I love about Jude is, that when she witnesses how Balekin treats Cardan, she isn't like every other YA main character "oh no, that's why he's so mean. I should help him!", but more like "oh no, Cardan has the potential to be even worse, I gotta stop him!"

#young adult #YA #the cruel prince #fantasy #magic #throne of glass #the wicked king #queen of nothing #jude duarte #cardan greenbriar #jude x cardan #jurdan #prince cardan #holly black #the lost heir #the prisoners throne #faerie #fae #tropes

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one-time-i-dreamt · 2 months

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I was in a library where in order to get from the YA section to the rest of the library you had to pull yourself up through a hole in the ceiling.

#dream #libraries #library #ya #young adult #books

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halcyon-and-elysian · 1 year

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boy who teaches you how to dance x girl who teaches you how to fight

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alex-iltempo · 1 year

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Nothing is happening...just me... lost for several hours...in the gorgeous...and a little filthy jurdan fanart 😍🤭🫣🥴🫠

Saved the best for later 😏🤫

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caihosreads · 6 months

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Some quick Jude and Cardan character drawings for funnies in between paintings.

I found that listening to audiobooks is the best way to keep my mind from wandering when painting and The Folk of the Air series was such a treat to revisit. I’ve yet to read Oak’s story, I’m debating waiting for the last book and then devouring them all in one go rather than piece by piece 🤔

#caihosreads #folk of the air #jude duarte #cardan greenbriar #jude x cardan #prince cardan #cardan fanart #the cruel prince #queen of nothing #young adult #ya books

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mrzastudies · 3 months

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What a great day to read a YA novel I’m too old for hehe

#ya literature #young adult fiction #studyblr #studybuddy #studywithme #studygram #doctors of tumblr #bookishconnections #cafe study #study #studyspo #cafegram #cafe aesthetic #cafe scene #the reading cafe

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i-never-shut-up-ever · 2 years

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just a reminder that no book/movie series will ever be on the level that the hunger games was. the hunger games was THE blueprint. it paved the way for the entire genre of teen dystopian novels/series. every other YA dystopian series wishes it was what the hunger games was. i could go into heavy detail about this. i can recite the entire movie series and the books from memory.

#the hunger games #thg #ya novels #young adult #dystopian novel #hunger games #katniss everdeen #peeta mellark #finnick odair #katniss and peeta #don’t even get me started on katniss everdeen being my favorite fictional character ever #and peeta mellark’s entire character actually

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