I don't think making movie out of a book tells anything either... Ofc, they will pick such works just because they can put pretentious marketing blurbs everywhe

I don't think making movie out of a book tells anything either... Ofc, they will pick such works just because they can put pretentious marketing blurbs everywhere... Just looking at art market and how it works with artist should tell everything about these markets in general. All marketing and manipulation.