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by namanyayg 731 days ago
> On the other hand, I certainly read some books too young, but I don't really regret that, so maybe I'm just making up problems to worry about.

Don't have kids but I agree, this sounds part of growing up. I believe adult books as a precursor help understand real experiences better.

Being a fan of BFG and Matilda, I accidentally ended up picked up Roald Dahl's "Skin" (his adult short stories collection) when I spotted it as a preteen in my school library.

I didn't understand half of it but I still devoured it in a day.

I only started understanding when I was much older and actually experienced similar things in life.

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This is the one that I stumbled upon: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_and_Other_Stories