..who reads bestsellers because they find a certain book enjoyable but is surprised by how many excuse me, dumbass people also like it?
I've been noticing this for quite a while. Beeing a true bookworm, I read a shitload of books. Or at least I try to whenever I have time to do so. And I have no problem whatsoever with a certain book being a bestseller, though the majority of them simply suck because they are intentionally written for the masses.
I understand that a really good book is due to be noticed by more people, and of course believe that is great, but one thing I truly DON'T understand is this: What is up with 12-18 year old crowd making such pretentious attention-seeking cults out of a perfectly good book?
If you google a bestseller, you'll probably find not one or two but possibly at least fifteen fansites, whose primary description could be: 'Here we discuss why the main character is SOO FRIGGIN HOTT, why he/she should have a different haircolor, accent, why he/she should/shouldn't have said that, and so on.'
This kind of bugs me on many levels. First of all I seem to realize how dumb the humanity really is everytime I try to find some info on a book I'm reading. And then it makes me wonder why do we even like this same book.
What is it on certain books that everybody seems to like so much? What's with Harry Potter and similar bestsellers(not necessarily children's books or books for young adults), that attracts so many people? And then, am I supposed to be ashamed because I love Twilight and know that this book is adored by millions of romantic twelve-year-old girls?
I know I'm not, but it still makes me wonder.
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