I suspect you do not read and do not frequent bookshops, because there is no shortage of books with violence or resent.

Also, young men have literally no shortage of violent or resentful entertainment in their disposal.

My local bookshop closed this year, so no, I don’t frequent them as often as I wish these days.

To your credit, I’m sharing my impression of the books that I read in elementary school. Come to find out they may not have been as obscure for as I thought. I was just 8/9 years old reading YA novels. Joe Hardy’s girlfriend dying in that car bomb must have awakened something primal in me.

I’m not recommending this experience. But young men do need author[itie]s to guide them through the discomforting aspects of their lives in an un-fantastic fashion. Start em while they’re young!

And we’re talking about young men, visceral depictions of real life drama and books. Reading is a different experience than digital media, would you agree?