You lost me when you complained about it using Roman numerals for chapter numbering. What are you, 10 years old?

It gets easier after university, I never had enough time there to read much, and what free time I did have I wanted to take advantage of the unique social opportunities attending a university afforded me.

Doesn't really work if I hated it and quit after 25 pages.

Yeah every time someone asks an easily googleable question on reddit.

It's really hit and miss from what I can see, with different styles trending then going out of style. British covers are actually the least interesting to me because they seem to have a minimalism thing going on.

If you're American (or exposed to a lot of American media, which everyone on reddit is) then there could be some selection bias, where you are only seeing foreign covers that are good enough to share.

1. because it sells. Romance is the most popular fiction genre by far.

2. because it's simple for the plot.

3. because it's simple for the plot.

Concerns about YA? None really, it's not my genre. I'm more interested in children's literature because at least there's a possibility I'll have to read those to kids.

Get off of tiktok and other social media, especially ones that are primarily dealing with strangers.

Thee easy way to find this out is just to go read positive reviews.