I really love first-person fiction and I think a lot of other people do as well. I think there was a backlash to it because of Twilight and 50 Shades, and also because fiction that women like uses it a lot “so therefore it’s bad”. I also think that prominent people on the internet shame people for liking things which also might be part of the reason -relcutantheroine
I think you may be right. (Another reason I’ve had it up to here with cringe culture.) It’s just such a bizarrely prominent view.