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An Emerging Genre:
Why Women Love Chick Lit By Teri Brown
So if chick lit can't be easily pigeonholed, what makes good chick lit as opposed to mediocre chick lit? The answer may lie in the characters themselves.
"It's all about story," says Rich. "There needs to be a protagonist readers can get behind, and she needs to face a challenge readers can cheer her through. No matter what the genre, if the story isn't something a reader can abandon the laundry for, it's no good."
Ginger Sublett agrees. "Good chick lit makes you wonder what happens to the characters even after you've reached the last page in the book," says Sublett. "They become more than just a character and become someone you feel like you really know."
For the women who love the genre, debates about what makes good chick lit as opposed to bad chick lit simply don't matter. It only matters that the books keep coming – fresh, fun and relevant to our lives.
