[ecshafer]

This touches on things I notice in modern literature, it’s not really about books. There’s a lot of these “book club” books that suck. I am 99% certain it’s just pay to play. The books are kind of melodramatic and not good, with basic prose and themes that are overdone, but will be well regarded as you say. I think it’s because there’s a lot of this culture around “being someone that reads books” so you have people that post memes or wear book t shirts or whatever. But they read the books npr and Oprah recommend.