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Q&A Can an "adult" story have a child protagonist?

Is it ill-advised to have a child protagonist (either first or third POV) in a story that contain a fair share of violence and gore ? I'm worried readers of this kind of story may not relate with ...

0 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Babika Babaka‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T07:35:24Z (about 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/32163
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Babika Babaka‭ · 2019-12-08T07:35:24Z (about 5 years ago)
Is it ill-advised to have a child protagonist (either first or third POV) in a story that contain a fair share of violence and gore ?

I'm worried readers of this kind of story may not relate with a young character, or find the whole thing annoying/tasteless.  
To be clear, my story isn't a non-stop [stream of bloody, horrific events](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TraumaCongaLine) suffered by the protagonist, but it does contain a few disturbing or violent scenes.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-12-26T13:37:59Z (almost 7 years ago)
Original score: 6