I've been known to read the last chapters of a few such books, to see how it turns out. They're generally quite nauseatingly twee - the ones written by the person themselves anyway; the ones by teachers/social workers/psychologists etc tend to be quite interesting and highlight all the problems in the care and mental health systems - would be nice if those books translated to better systems eventually.
But basically it's pandering to voyeurism on a much larger scale than the women's weeklies have been doing for years. Some people, mainly middle-aged women, love playing "Ain't it awful?" and tutting. On the other hand, if they weren't reading these books,they'd be reading the Daily Mail...
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Date: 2008-04-03 10:54 pm (UTC)They're generally quite nauseatingly twee - the ones written by the person themselves anyway; the ones by teachers/social workers/psychologists etc tend to be quite interesting and highlight all the problems in the care and mental health systems - would be nice if those books translated to better systems eventually.
But basically it's pandering to voyeurism on a much larger scale than the women's weeklies have been doing for years. Some people, mainly middle-aged women, love playing "Ain't it awful?" and tutting. On the other hand, if they weren't reading these books,they'd be reading the Daily Mail...