[yamtaddle]

> Doesn’t that mean it’s just a bad book? If the intention of art is to communicate a message it fails miserably.

There are whole genres of music that are often characterized as "just noise" or "boring" or whatever by people who haven't put in the work to learn how to appreciate them. Some genres seem to be much easier to learn to appreciate than others. Some are famously difficult.

Books work the same way.