A 17-year-old Logan girl and her parents are partnering with an organization to remove the book Fourth Wing from Cache Valley libraries because it cost her to have a mental breakdown/serious life fall out
I was sent this by a friend because I live in Utah and hate book banning and I am really well known locally for it. The 17-year-old girl and her mother both told their life stories on the video page of Cache Lighthouse Project, whose goal is to remove pornography and children's access to it. I have never read Fourth Wing, but from what I gather millions of people love this book. This mother and girl, who was sated to have mental issues, is saying that a librarian told her that this would be a great read, and that it basically caused her entire life to collapse. She basically equated it to drug addiction and alcoholism and is advocating for its removal along with other material that is similar.
I don't feel informed enough to chime in because again, I haven't read it. But people are wanting an answer from me sooner rather than later. I'm not trying to bash on this girl but it seems a stretch at best to say that she got sent to juvie because of a young adult book. Is it really graphic and explicit or something? It wouldn't surprise me if it's just a young adult fiction book that might have some content that isn't G rated But I really like some feedback before I chime in because this is an incredibly conservative place too. I don't know if this is an issue of like conservative Christians hating on Harry Potter or there really is something problematic about it that could cause someone to have this level of issues.
Also, to be clear I am not judging this girl for her mental health issues at all! I just cannot believe that someone's blaming a book for it. I have great difficulty believing that but I do want to get feedback before I chime in.