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Originally Posted by issybird
I voted neither. Because, yuck.
That said, I’m being a little harsh and might have tempered my vote to other speculative fiction. I’ll never read fantasy which is the stuff of kidlit to me. And while I can enjoy kidlit, it’s only if I’m reading it with a kid. (I only read HP, for example, because I started it with a young nephew.) SF is more nuanced for me. It’s a rarity among the books I read, but I do like the occasional dystopian or time travel novel. But it’s got to be set in a recognizable world with no aliens or other planets, certainly no anthropomorphic furry beings. I also dislike stories of the final battle between good and evil type.
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While I respect your tastes, I feel I have to comment here. Game of Thrones or the First Law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie kidlit? Those are well-known fantasy series absolutely unsuitable for children and are meant for adult readers. And they're far from being the only ones. Good fantasy stuff for adults is by no means kidlit.