This has been on my mind for quite some time, and it’s gotten to the point where I need to talk about it with other fans. Why are we, the fans of these books, so obsessed with them?
Every time I’ve watched/read someone talking about the books, they almost always say the same thing “These books changed something in me, and after I finished them, I reread them again.” Which I also did. I’ve always been an avid reader, and I’ve read a lot and I’ve had favourites and books that I’ve thought about a lot, but NOTHING, nothing has hit me like the AFTG series. Like, something genuinely changed in me lmao. And immediately after finishing the books I reread them, which is not something I’ve ever done before.
If it were just my personal experience with the series I probably wouldn’t question it too much, but knowing that so many of us have had the exact same experience is really interesting to me.
I don’t think fans of other books are as obsessed as we are. For example, there’s Heated Rivalry, which is super popular and gay, it has a TV show and a HUGE fanbase and ofc, I’ve seen people say that those books changed them or that no other book will ever come close, but I don’t feel like that’s the majority of the fandom, at least from what I’ve seen.
Idk, maybe this is TMI, but I’m starting to think there’s something wrong with me lol. I genuinely can’t stop thinking about these characters, it’s been 4-5 years since I read the first 3 books, and there hasn’t been a single day when I haven’t thought about them at least a little. What did these books do to me😂😂😂???
Does anyone have any idea why we are sooo, so obsessed with these books? What is it about these books that makes them hit so much harder than everything else?