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As others have already pointed out:
Assumed the author is a reasonable, well behaving person I don't owe him or her more than every other person fulfilling these criteria: The amount of respect deserved by every other reasonable and well behaving person. That's honest.
What does the author owe me (and the rest of potential readers): the content should match the description. That's honest too.
@ authors thinking differently:
If you write, you do so by your own choice. I didn't force you to.
Or as Holly Lisle says: "Write with joy."
(my 2¢: Should you write with the purpose of being somehow sanctified instead - can it please. We have several editions of that stuff and there's already enough ado about which is the right one)
You say - "Not everybody can write." (let us assume you DO *cough*) - Sure.
Guess what's about painting, surgery, carpentry... Just the same. Would you like every plumber expecting you to blow sugar up his ass before fixing your loo? Nope?
I see.
I might! give more than just respect: Recommendations, a fan's loyalty, admiration even.
But I do so because I chose to.
Because I got so much more than the owed minimum.
Because I got something to laugh and something to cry.
Something to care about, to love.
A book which makes me trade my sleep for, because life is so short.
A book which doesn't leave me moved when I'm done, but leaves me shaken.
A book where it isn't me conjuring its realities in my mind; but where the book itself summons me into them.
If YOU show me such a piece of your writing we might discuss this again.
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