My Problem With YA Fantasy - PT. 2 (Lies & Limitations)

things like Hatchett chronicles of narnia there's a lot of actual beautiful writing there

I read scythe which I just finished reading is a phenomenal example of that where in the first half of the book so many great themes are explored and I was excited to see where the author was gonna go with it but one choice was made about halfway through the book maybe closer to two thirds that just reminded me no this is why a and we can't go that route and as a result I was unable to reach any catharsis in these themes there was nothing explored I felt in any deep way and instead it just felt like the author backed down

there's certainly things in Hunger Games I would consider dark as well