Whereas Karla's taste ran to adult fiction with shirtless young men.

"Children almost always know more than their parents give them credit for," Karla agreed, thinking about Cosette and her father's insistence on leaving her in the dark about a great many subjects. "They conflate ignorance with innocence and forget that the world doesn't give a damn about either. But you make the point about good literature. Does the bar change for media that is meant simply for entertainment?"