People who care about concepts such as "genre fiction vs literary fiction" don't enjoy reading. They care about status and believe books are a way to get it.
not totally, but mostly. there is a pretty big difference between the two. genre fiction is basic story telling. literary fiction involves the reader a lot more, allowing for new perspective and personal growthIt begins to get autistic and lame when people think they need to personally grow 100% of the time. What they don't realize is that attitude completely halts them and makes them little weenie gay boys
>>25170779Readers don't seem much more 'grown' to me than regular people, and possibly even less happy.
>>25170789This statement includes that bias that you know 100% of the time who reads (and what they read) and who is not, and what true happiness and being content look like.If you are getting your information just based on this community, it is definitely not representative of all who read. If you are getting your information based on people you see reading in public, or have met and they discuss their reading habits, those are likely people with unresolved personality issues.
>>25170802i read and i am not happy
>>25171412Were you happy before? Because I read and I am surprisingly happy, I didn't expect it to work out so well
>>25170762if you truly enjoy reading, you read a lot. if you read a lot, you will realize that all genre fiction by its nature is the same. it has nothing to do with "personal growth"
>>25170762The challenge that literature offered me is what got me into reading and is a big part of what I enjoy about reading, genre fiction has not challenged me since I was 13. I still read the odd bit of genre but not for enjoyment, curiosity one way or another.
>>25171466>"all genre fiction is the same">making low level blanket statements and expected to be taken seriously>"has nothing to do with personal growth">reading is for because you read a lot>has not personally grown
>>25170762Genre fiction can be good, but the majority of it just isn't as engaging as a time-tested classic. Majority of contemporary "literary fiction" isn't that good either. If I want something to read to turn my brain off I'll read genre fiction.
>>251707629/10 of this board cares about status
