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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
"Badly written" is of course, a subjective opinion; so your claim can never be substantiated. But the fact of the matter is: the more popular a particular book becomes, the harder it becomes to claim it was "badly written." Contrary to those who believe their particular taste in writing somehow objectively defines "good writing," people (except in the rarest of bandwagon exceptions) don't flock to buy/read "badly written" books. And they certainly don't continue reading writing they don't enjoy (cue posts with contentious ideas about how "enjoyment" has little to do with "good" writing).
But I guess it's much easier to imagine conspiracies bent to kill "good writing" than it is to accept that people just don't appreciate as much, that which used to pass for good writing in your (mostly imagined) halcyon days of writery and readery greatness.
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*cough* Fifty Shades Of Gray *cough*