Quote:
Originally Posted by Rbneader
Marion Zimmer Bradly wrote Mists of Avalon which is recommended all over but is seriously inappropriate for pre-teens and many teenagers iirc (it's been a while since I dealt with these issues regularly).
|
But it's not
Mists of Avalon that's at fault. It's the legend of King Arthur. You shuld know this and thus prevent your kids from reading anything about King Arthur until they are ready. Don't even let them watch the Disney movie
The Sword and the Stone as they'll just want more and more is not what you want to give them.
Quote:
|
You're also wrong about MacCaffrey - gold dragon riders being pressured to sleep with the riders of dragons who mated with their gold dragon was actually one of the problem areas (I forget what book it was in). MacCaffrey generally had problematic pressure / lack of consent around sex iirc? The YA versions of her books are probably OK - it's the adult ones that look YAish due to cover design or back blurb that were typically problematic.
|
That's an issue? It's so innocuous that it's laughable. I know you are entitled to your opinion, but so am I in disagreeing.
Quote:
|
The Pern books have more violence in them than the Narnia books unless I'm wildly misremembering. Narnian violence is often implied, summarized briefly, or takes place off screen, while the Pern books actually describe the details of fights/Thread encounters or have detailed description of the aftermath, from what I remember.
|
The Narnia books have way more violence than the Pern books. Also, the Narnia books also have veiled references to the Bible. Aslan is Jesus and it is very obviously so. C.S. Lewis was very religious and it shows in the Narnia series.