• Damaskox@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        Young adult or teen’s story.

        I don’t recall the story having explicit or otherwise harmful material for kids.

        • WHYAREWEALLCAPS@kbin.social
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          1 year ago

          When I read it in my preteen youth in the early 80s it was in the “children’s section” of our local library in podunk Georgia.

        • starbreaker@kbin.social
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          11 months ago

          I don’t recall the story having explicit or otherwise harmful material for kids.

          Of course not; The Hobbit started out as bedtime stories Tolkien made up for his kids.

          But, to paraphrase the proverb, what happens in Rivendell stays in Rivendell. (Likewise for Lothlorien.)

          • Damaskox@kbin.social
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            11 months ago

            Yeah.

            I just don’t know what justifies a story to be rather an young adult story, if it would (otherwise?) fit (better) in a child’s story section 🤔
            I mean - what makes The Hobbit an young adult story rather than a child’s? Violence? Sexual material?