Adam Wolstenholme answers “Do you recommend this book for a 16 yr old...”

A Goodreads user asked this question about My Dark Vanessa:

Do you recommend this book for a 16 yr old girl? The girl read Room a few years ago and wasn't upset about the upsetting stuff and actually loved the book.

Adam Wolstenholme Depends. I'd say as part of a varied diet, then many 16-year-olds would be riveted by this book and it would do them no harm. What makes me hesitate i…moreDepends. I'd say as part of a varied diet, then many 16-year-olds would be riveted by this book and it would do them no harm. What makes me hesitate is that it portrays such a negative view of sex and relationships. Part of Vanessa's tragedy is that this is the only relationship she has. She never gets to fall in love with one of her peers and experience all the joys that entails. I hate the thought of an inexperienced 16-year-old reading this and thinking that's what relationships with men are like. Maybe temper it's negativity with something romantic.(less)

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