Every era has authors whose novels are at best overlooked and at worst disparaged by the literary cognoscenti, but still dominate best-seller lists
But why? What is it about Hoover’s stories – which dwell largely in romance but also include a thriller and a ghost story – that women are drawn to?
Hoover’s books go down like a “too much information” Facebook confessional, rubbernecking you in from the first sentence. Certain patterns quickly emerge. Poor white strivers with trauma in their pasts and the cards stacked against them typically move away from home and then work their way toward career success, emotional recovery, spellbinding love and superlative sex.
Emotions tend to be described rather than evoked. All feelings are big feelings. Passions ricochet with the I-hate-you-but-I-love-you intensity of texts exchanged during a couple’s first big smartphone-based fight. Fiction of this sort reflects a strain in the culture that has shifted from a fascination with the other – the rich, the powerful, the exclusive – to a more inward preoccupation with the self and the desire to see oneself reflected in the stories one consumes. As with TikTok testimonials of adolescent mental health challenges and group-chat confessions, it’s about “relatability” and the willingness to reveal all. Even celebrities must bare all. Confession trumps mystery.
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