The transition from enthusiastic reader to adult fan of YA fiction often leads to a cringe-worthy experience when adaptations finally hit the screen years later.
For many adults, these adaptations evoke nostalgia but also reveal a dissonance between who they were as teens and who they are now.
Despite the failures of many adaptations, the successes of Harry Potter, Twilight, and The Hunger Games continue to influence Hollywood’s approach to YA adaptations.
As Netflix adapts Uglies nearly twenty years later, it sparks reflections on the essence of YA literature and its impact on readers' formative years.
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