• 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.

      • 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?

      • 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.