I feel like anytime I see a post on here about popular romantasy books like Fourth Wing or really popular authors like Colleen Hoover and Frieda McFadden, it’s always with disdain if not utter hostility. But then series like Dungeon Crawler Carl, Stormlight or books like Project Hail Mary get praised nonstop? It’s really weird because to me, all of these books are basically at the same tier. I tried reading a bit of Fourth Wing and had to give up pretty fast…but having finished the first DCC book and a couple of Stormlight books, they’re kind of at the same level quality-wise. Same goes for the one Frieda McFadden book I’ve read - other than the genre it’s not any worse than what Matt Dinniman or Andy Weir writes. The only difference I can see is the demographic they’re being targeted to. Is that the reason for discrepancy in how they’re received? Because otherwise they’re all pretty poorly written with stock characters and minimal substance. submitted by /u/ContractVarious3077 [link] [comments]