But I just discovered a new perspective on why certain books become successful more than others, it rocked my world, and I loved it! This explains why I often dislike the books that other people love because the plots in them were boring, uninspiring, or obvious. But the books that surprise me, or help me to discover something new as you said, those are the books that stay with me forever.

Perhaps writing for other people is hard, but writing for yourself is the easiest thing in the world.