Thanks. I also got Swordspoint and Privilege of the the Sword for the daughter of my ex-assistant (who is now running the department, which is good, except that said department now consists of, well, just her) who is now sixteen. I gave a quick run down of the possible flags to her mother.
I already knew that mother and daughter were okay with fantasy and sf about weird religious stuff, including made up religions ("Oh, that's fine -- she finds it interesting") and violence ("It's okay -- she just read the first Narnia book, and there's plenty of violence in that.") I figured TPotS wasn't a problem, as it's a coming of age story, and that seems to allow for an awful lot to slip in, but I wasn't sure about the other, so said up front that it was a gay romance.
"Oh, that's fine -- she knows about all that stuff," said her mother.
"Oh, good," I said. "I have no idea what kids today know."
"I start to explain about something and she says, 'Oh, Mommy, I already know that."
I sort of remember being 16. But, it's already blurring in my head with being 26 and 36.
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I already knew that mother and daughter were okay with fantasy and sf about weird religious stuff, including made up religions ("Oh, that's fine -- she finds it interesting") and violence ("It's okay -- she just read the first Narnia book, and there's plenty of violence in that.") I figured TPotS wasn't a problem, as it's a coming of age story, and that seems to allow for an awful lot to slip in, but I wasn't sure about the other, so said up front that it was a gay romance.
"Oh, that's fine -- she knows about all that stuff," said her mother.
"Oh, good," I said. "I have no idea what kids today know."
"I start to explain about something and she says, 'Oh, Mommy, I already know that."
I sort of remember being 16. But, it's already blurring in my head with being 26 and 36.