So, I REALY need to get back into reading since it turns out I can't be a writer without learning the game from others first (wish I caught on before writing 3 whole novels). But the problem is I can't find anything I like. Everything I'm trying to read, warbreaker, warboss (warhammer 40k novel), Idoru by Willaim Gibson, all seem to drag on without anything impactful happening. Sure there's action and supernatural powers in some of them, but nothing feels consequential. Like I couldn't care if these people all died next chapter, meanwhile there's manga/anime making me actually cry and binge watch/read everything in three days to find out what happens.
One thing I thought, is maybe my attention span is cooked and I can't focus on reading actual books. But if those manga suddenly became books without any pictures, I bet I would still binge them to find out what happens next. I don't know what's going on, what are your recommendations for impactful written stories?
by Cathasach_