yaddablahmeh t1_jca8z2r wrote on March 15, 2023 at 12:22 PM

This is a weird question. You can't understand why people like something that a bunch of their peers like, it's not a really hard concept to wrap your head around. What I don't understand is why people in this sub feel the need to throw shade and feel superior to other readers because of their book choices.

Aekiel t1_jcb5wq5 wrote on March 15, 2023 at 4:12 PM

This sub has always been more of a place to feel better than others rather than a place to discuss books. Whether that be non-readers, people with different tastes, people with reading goals, people without reading goals, and so on.

Born_Tackle_9933 t1_jcb01tg wrote on March 15, 2023 at 3:36 PM

Right? Like just because one person disliked a book doesn’t mean other people can’t like it. I see these posts on here a lot, almost like they’re trying to bash people for what they like to read

Some people forget that everyone can like different things

crowdedinhere t1_jccjuuj wrote on March 15, 2023 at 9:20 PM

It's the same with music. There's music that's considered "better" and "more culture" and therefore makes that person superior. Those are the "I never listen to Top 40" people

HeyThisIsLaura t1_jcbfg0a wrote on March 15, 2023 at 5:11 PM

I get where you're coming from because no one likes judgey folks. However I think the OP posed a fair question: they really didn't enjoy something that appears to be popular, so they want to gain better insight of why it clicked with other readers. I took this to be a examination of other people's thought processes, not a slight against them.

yaddablahmeh t1_jcfdwt5 wrote on March 16, 2023 at 1:15 PM

OP sounds like an intelligent articulate person, I'm sure he/she doesn't need it spelled out that different people like different things. It's not a complicated concept.

HeyThisIsLaura t1_jchqo6d wrote on March 16, 2023 at 10:28 PM

Exactly! The OP already gets that people like different things. That's why they're here asking the follow-up questions 'I just want to know about the opinions of others...why are people interested in it...I'm just curious because of course people can read whatever they want.'

We could be having the same discussion about a restaurant, fashion, or video games. "I didn't like it, but a lot of people do. What am I missing here?"