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!
