No Fault

There seems to be a new trend in book descriptions as provided by the publisher.  Have you seen this:  "for fans of Gone Girl" or "in the tradition of The Fault in Our Stars" or for those who loved "The Color Purple"  that kind of thing?  And I get why.  I mean, when I am helping someone find a book I start with, "What was the last book you loved?" and try to figure out their tastes from that.  But that's just a starting point because sometimes people want to branch out.  And either way is fine!  But when I personally read a blurb that says right away, "in the tradition of" or "for fans of" I worry that it means the book is just a cheap knock off of another book.  Which is bad for a bunch of reasons.  It doesn't give full credit to the author of the new book.  I don't know...I see both sides. I have to say I figured that Five Feet Apart was going to be a TFIOS knock off, albeit a bit late.  And it was actually the lateness of it that made me read it because I figured well, maybe not because this whole trend is kinda over.
Well, that was a tangent.  And Five Feet Apart was very good and not a knock off of TFIOS and I would recommend it!  So sorry for the tangent!  But if you were thinking about not reading FFA because you thought it was, don't be afraid!  Read it, it's good!