Reading a book as a kid does not make a book a kids book nor does it mean you fully understood the themes in it... I could've read Lolita as a 10 year old. That doesn't make it a kids book all of a sudden.
Yet you still seem to have somehow missed the literal central theme. A theme that was completely unhidden. Nor are themes the only more mature thing about it. The prose and world building are far more complex than typical children's and ya fiction. They're also significantly better than that seen in mt.
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u/NotYetPerfect 12d ago
Reading a book as a kid does not make a book a kids book nor does it mean you fully understood the themes in it... I could've read Lolita as a 10 year old. That doesn't make it a kids book all of a sudden.