I read the YA article and the animal suicide one. I read YA books, came back to them after maybe 10 years of 'trying to be grown up' about my reading choices. But I found that in the genre of adult sci-fi/fantasy, the themes were the same. Nothing really stood out except my personal classics, books I consistently return to. I go back to YA and find lots of interesting stuff.
I also found urban fantasy/romance and those are quite often good.
I'm not at all surprised by the idea that animals commit suicide. I see it all the time in cases of animal abuse, and in cases of terminal illness. They can just give up, as in the case of that Newfoundland (at the end) - though for some reason, it's not taboo to keep the animal alive past the point of sanity, whereas the same for humans is quite taboo. Did that make sense? I mean that humans are almost always kept alive, no matter what the case or situation, and yet, animals are allowed to quietly die when they've reached their limit in tolerance of a painful life. In fact, we (general 'we') help the animals along!
I hope that manages to make sense :) I am kinda fuzzy minded after dealing with 2 days worth of migraine, and the after effects.
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I also found urban fantasy/romance and those are quite often good.
I'm not at all surprised by the idea that animals commit suicide. I see it all the time in cases of animal abuse, and in cases of terminal illness. They can just give up, as in the case of that Newfoundland (at the end) - though for some reason, it's not taboo to keep the animal alive past the point of sanity, whereas the same for humans is quite taboo. Did that make sense? I mean that humans are almost always kept alive, no matter what the case or situation, and yet, animals are allowed to quietly die when they've reached their limit in tolerance of a painful life. In fact, we (general 'we') help the animals along!
I hope that manages to make sense :) I am kinda fuzzy minded after dealing with 2 days worth of migraine, and the after effects.