It would seem that your perspicacity exceeds that of their intended readership. And probably also of their authors. Maybe read better books?
And some are simply more sensitive to infelicities of style and substance that undermine the effect of a novel by distracting its readers.
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This heightened sensitivity to missteps is a curious faculty. We call it "taste," and we know it when we see it. But it remains mysterious.
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Especially mysterious, of course, are those persons whose taste never errs. Like Chopin. Not a single garish note in his entire output.
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