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      • Adult novels centered on the mafia are a little more intense than YA novels. While YA novels tend to skirt the criminal elements of the mafia, adult novels (for the most part) seem to embrace characters living in the gray.
  1. May 28, 2019 · The difference between YA and Adult is how these things are handled. YA isn’t graphic or gratuitous, it skirts the edges of what’s too much. Adult fiction is more likely to depict terrible things outright and even revel in the messiness of it.

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  2. Without a doubt, the primary difference between young adult and adult fiction is the age of the main characters. For a book to fall firmly into the ‘young adult’ category, it must have at least one teenage protagonist, usually aged in the upper teens – between 15 and 19 years old.

  3. Dec 28, 2022 · As many young adult readers make the transition to new adult books, it is easy to notice a lot of differences between the two, and more than just the mature content. Even though the new adult category is not marketed for the young adult readers, the books still end up the hands of young adults.

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  4. Mar 21, 2022 · On the surface, the most basic answer is this: a book is a YA novel if the main character is a teenager. But that is not always true, because sometimes a book has a teen protagonist or two and it is still technically an adult novel. This is particularly true if the novel has several main characters and only one or two are teens.

  5. The difference between YA writing and Adult. This past year i have moved to reading 'adult' writing novels from YA. I recently tried going back to reading a YA extract and i found it painful to read down to the style. I want to pinpoint it down what the difference is between the two styles.

  6. Apr 8, 2019 · A young protagonist can be in an adult book and MAYBE an older protagonist can be in a YA book, but it’s got to be justified by the subject matter of the story. I think YA (and all genre labels) boils down to “you know it when you see it,” but ONLY if you study the market and have read a ton of the genre’s books.

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  8. Jan 30, 2019 · It’s true that YA generally uses a simpler level of diction and syntax than adult fiction does. It’s also true that it usually features teenage protagonists and often takes place in a...