It's best to just accept that the general public has really bad taste. That's why you can't go a day without a Project Hail mary post on this sub, Panic at the Disco is a famous band, Marvel movies rake in billions, etc.

None. I like reading so I read a lot

Ada or Ardor as well. One of my all time faves

Are people who like this kind of stuff generally new readers, or people who don't read very often?

I'm trying to find out how exactly people enjoy cheesy books like these. And I have nothing against science fiction, I love Bradbury, Stanislaw Lem, Philip K Dick, JG Ballard, Gene Wolfe, etc. But this particular brand of science fiction, with cheesy humor and dialogue and awful prose, I just don't really understand who the intended audience is. STEM lord's? Facebook moms?

Are you suggesting everyone read shitty self help books?

I could see AI writing a Sanderson novel and selling really well

The amount of validation seeking and insecurity in this sub is exhausting

The main problem is that no one considers Asimov "classic literature" so I don't see what he's whining about.

IQ points

What in the actual hell

They post on r/books. You know the answer to that question

There are different writing styles and hers works for her. That's why the same person can appreciate Hemingway and Faulkner even though they're on two different sides of the spectrum.

And sorry for implying you have poor reading comprehension. I see now that I did originally misinterpret your post

Her writing is right on par with Dickens, Hardy, Austen, and of course her sisters, as far as prose goes. I just don't think there is anything about it that stands out as over written or pretentious.

She took her time writing the story. Big deal.

And I don't know where your aggression is coming from, you're like a weird mixture of an English major and a gym-bro. I've never seen anything like it.

Why are you calling me a chump? Wth?

No Jane Eyre is like entry level literary fiction. A lot of people read it in their teens. Maybe you're just used to reading contemporary genre fiction? I don't need to re read to remember that Jane Eyre was a very easy read.

I actually just googled it and Jane Eyre is listed as an 8th grade reading level

He's just not a great writer.

IT, The Shining, Different Seasons, Misery, are all good books, I don't think he's ever written anything great. And he's written plenty of novels that I don't even understand how they got published

I don't think she's wordy at all. I don't remember part 3 being written any differently than 1 and 2 to be honest, but it has been a couple years

Mods need to do something about these posts

Things you learn in a halfway house section in Infinite Jest

Suttree's fever and near death

Chapter one of Unlimited Dream Company

The chapter at the hotel/beach at the beginning of part 2 of Gravity's rainbow

The cruise ship chapter in Ada or Ardor

Chapter 2 of The Corrections

They only read fantasy, so their standards are pretty low

1000 Autumns is fantastic in every way. Utopia Avenue might be the worst book I've attempted to read in years

I was so excited when Utopia Avenue came out. And then so disappointed immediately after starting it. It felt like a different author, the dialogue and humor was so cheesy. It felt like Mitchell was trying to tap into his inner Andy Weir or something

Suttree by Cormac McCarthy for me