Do you ever love a character in a book more than people?

I've been reading some really great books, and loving the male characters, but feeling really disappointed in the men I meet on dating sites. No one compares to Mr. Knightley or Gilbert Blythe or Henry Tilney! 😭

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cosas · 41-45, M

How realist are those characters, really? Would the books sell just as well without the fan service?

Does nobody wonder why Germinal and The Grapes of Wrath are nowhere near as popular as Harry Potter and Pride and Prejudice?

I think one reason humanity is so collapsed economically (the majority of us still live in gruesome poverty) is because we live in fiction realms too much, and do not try to create the paradise right here.