YA keeps its finger on the pulse of teenage trends. However, what might have appealed to us in our youth can seem cringeworthy now. Nonetheless, Tabitha Hannam revisits some of her favourite YA novels despite their questionable tropes.
Twilight
Midnight Sun: Revamping the Twilight Saga
Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight saga rises from the grave with the latest addition to the series, Midnight Sun. Paige Insalaco sinks her teeth into this new read, and tells us the secret to the book series’s eternal life.
An interview with Chris Weitz, screenwriter of Rogue One and Cinderella
Chris Weitz is a name you may not have heard of, but it’s more than likely you’ve watched one of the profusion of films he’s helped bring to the silver screen. Most recently a screenwriter for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Disney’s live-action reimagining of Cinderella, Weitz has also served as the director […]
Why all the book adaptations? It’s not needed
Harry Potter, Twilight, The Princess Bride. Arguably, all successful books and series in their own right, went on to become incredibly famous franchises and cult classic films. I know many people reading this article will undoubtably strike up Twilight as the unsavoury outlier in the list, however it raises an interesting question: Should successful books […]