Judith asked:

Anyone else think this book should be re-classified as YA? (maybe tone down the sex a bit.) It was half flashbacks to ages 13-19, so pass on it if you don't like teen drama.

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Ashley Shea I don't think so. I think you don't have to be a young adult to appreciate a coming-of-age. Plus, so much of what happened when they were teens needed an adult perspective to sink in. I think that's the difference between an adult coming-of-age and a YA. If it's a YA it's just a story about a couple kids who fell in love, came apart, and then came back together, but as an adult book, it's about how much they messed up as kids, but couldn't realize that until they were adults, and the implication that they still have growing up to do.

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Linda I'm so glad you mentioned this, that is exactly how I described the book to a friend.

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Rita Kraminsky With all honestly this book kept me thinking about “the summer I turned pretty” and I definetly agree that it felt very YA!!!!!!

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judith There was too much teen backstory for this to be an adult book or even a good coming of age story. Reading about high school sex in an adult book is just creepy.

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Rob Tobias I don’t think I would call it YA but it is definitely a coming-of-age story. I would consider it a vacation read: the sort of book you’d enjoy buying at an airport and reading in a lounge chair. But, not the sort of book you’d be heartbroken about if you left it behind at an AirBnB.

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