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Originally Posted by Sirtel
But what is bad writing can be very subjective. What is bad writing to one person is often very enjoyable to another. I've enjoyed the heck out of some books that objectively aren't all that well written. And I've been bored to tears by many generally acclaimed books. So I've learned to disregard the whole bad writing/good writing debate. I might take notice when the overwhelming majority of readers say the book is practically trash, but otherwise I pretty much ignore the reviews and opinions of other people in regard to what is a good book.
As to Harry Potter, I could not get into it either. It's not that it's derivative or YA; I've no beef with either one. Mostly it was the characters. They were just too boring, particularly Harry. The worldbuilding wasn't much better, imho. I finished the first book, but never read the rest of the series and probably never will.
In short, tastes differ pretty wildly.
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The fact that everything is subjective doesn't mean there are no patterns. The YA genre caters to people whose minds are still forming, who still are finding themselves. Add romance, and its bastard child, the love triangle, to it then a picture emerges where fully grown adults find these books cringe-y, full of awkwardness, with cheap twists galore. It's not rocket science.