All About YA discussion

Young adult science fiction is frequently set in the future and poses "what if" questions to the reader. Science drives the plot, and world-building — including a varying degree of technical detail — is crucial to creating a scientific frame.

At this point in time, young adult dystopian is by far the most popular and wide-spread strain of this subgenre. Dystopian stories are set in a "perfect" world that spirals out of control, turning into a bleak, oppressed society. The success of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games trilogy started a Golden Age of dystopian novels for teens, bringing us bestselling books such as Matched and Divergent. Tone and mood are dark, and the protagonists have to grapple with adult moral dilemmas such as loyalty or the death of loved ones. There is significant genre crossover when it comes to young adult fiction.

Although it would now be considered a middle grade book, Lois Lowry's The Giver is considered to have launched the dystopian genre for young readers.

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I like the genre but I'm also very picky on how the book is set. Like how the setting & plot are shown.

I love dystopia, but it gets mislabeled all the time. I hate when I see a sci-fi or a post-apocalypse book labeled as dystopia when it's really not.

I know sci-fi and dystopia crossover a bit, but there are some straight sci-fis being mislabeled.

I'm pretty picky about it too. Like I thought Matched was a poor excuse for it, but it fell into the definition. It was just a terrible series.