There's an obsession with self-destructive weirdoes in literature today

[Watershed]

And I have nothing against stories about self-destructive weirdoes, especially when they're well done, but is it just me or is there a glut of stories, especially ones meant for "young adults", about screwed up people who are in some way crazy or addicted that have really sappy feels to them? These stories make for great voyeurism, sure, but c'mon, it's still junk, and as a fundamentalist opposed to psychiatry, I think it's harmful the way that many of these stories propogate a positive image of this most horrible establishment.

Let me give you an example, I saw a teenage girl with a book in her hands, called "Impulse", and I saw this book before and it looked big, so I looked it up, and it's about people that shoot themselves and end up in a hospital and "recover" or whatever. I know there's a group of people that are in love with stories like this, and I never read this book, but all I'm saying is what's with this?

Are they aiming for young adults who enjoy reading junk about weirdoes? Probably, but all I know is that well written stories about self-destructive weirdoes probably have a lot more depth than some of these stories, cause I've read a few in this genre, and it's offensive how "Lifetime channel" they feel.

[annakarina]

"Today"? Self-destructive weirdos have been a literary obsession since writing began. And thank God. Imagine what it would have been like if Faulkner, Doestoievsky, Kerouac, Burgess and so many others had written about well-adjusted young men with promising careers and great credit history. Imagine an upbeat Underground Man. Urgh.

[Bakiryu]

Youths and people like to read books they usually identify with, and since society today is pretty much screwed up, these weirdos make over 50% of the world's population.