I just realized...

[pyrephox]

There is a whole sub-genre of creative works where Boy A meets Free Spirited Girl B, and they have delightful adventures together, form a friendship and/or romance...then the girl dies horribly or tragically, and the boy learns a Life Lesson.

Am I the only one to find this more than a little disturbing?

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I cried when I had to read that damn book when I was eight.

I cried because it bored me to tears. I'd say I can't believe they are making a movie out of it, but Hollywood's done scraped passed the bottom of the barrel and is digging into the nightsoil beneath it at this point.

But..no, I've never really noticed the trend. It may be that I tend to prefer more heroic fiction instead of tragedy, however.