I even got betrayed by a novel which was doing so well until it did the swerve, felt so betrayed, yet I must continue to consume slop
I even got betrayed by a novel which was doing so well until it did the swerve, felt so betrayed, yet I must continue to consume slop
you can move your attention to other stuff: can you guess what are they doing in a next scene, or why the worldbuilding was done this way? sometimes passable movies become 30-60 percent predictable (i mean literally guessing contours of next conflict/dialogue based on establishing shots, music and previous scenes, not guessing conclusion of the overall arch), and it is very entertaining self-dejavuing yourself. direct critical gaze to other parts of form is what i’m saying, worldbuilding is one part of the media.
slop novels also are, in a way, mechanical, but you can try to see the gears of character traits that author tries to establish (instead of world building)
I often do both (where a lot of my criticism comes from) because in some way you begin to understand what makes the author tick, maybe this is why I should public my critiques, they’re very meta and materialist oriented, yet still focused on how it could be done that still has depth without abandoning the original intentions and genre
can you give some semi popular example? i think i can usually abstract away into how did they do it if i’m bored out of mind, but maybe i have not worked the slop mines enough.