Ah, this was helpful. I never could quite figure out why trendy books often didn't with for me. (It would have been more of a help if I'd had this before choosing 'Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows' for my book club... worst pick and most disliked by the group so far).
You say "An upmarket book is unlikely to disappoint when it comes the …
Ah, this was helpful. I never could quite figure out why trendy books often didn't with for me. (It would have been more of a help if I'd had this before choosing 'Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows' for my book club... worst pick and most disliked by the group so far).
You say "An upmarket book is unlikely to disappoint when it comes the expectations the novel sets for the audience." But, I think my issue is that the books promise more than they can deliver. They claim to address big problems, but never really get into the meat. If the characters are constructs, so are the issues they face, with only surface level explanation and little nuance.
Romance is my pulpy fiction of choice, and yet I'm always disappointed when I find a book that's being marketed as socially important is just a romance that's been dressed in plausible literary clothing.
I agree re: the nuance when it comes to those books that are predicated on tackling big issues and the disappointment when they fail to get into the meat and reveal something interesting.
Ah, this was helpful. I never could quite figure out why trendy books often didn't with for me. (It would have been more of a help if I'd had this before choosing 'Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows' for my book club... worst pick and most disliked by the group so far).
You say "An upmarket book is unlikely to disappoint when it comes the expectations the novel sets for the audience." But, I think my issue is that the books promise more than they can deliver. They claim to address big problems, but never really get into the meat. If the characters are constructs, so are the issues they face, with only surface level explanation and little nuance.
Romance is my pulpy fiction of choice, and yet I'm always disappointed when I find a book that's being marketed as socially important is just a romance that's been dressed in plausible literary clothing.
I agree re: the nuance when it comes to those books that are predicated on tackling big issues and the disappointment when they fail to get into the meat and reveal something interesting.