Wang Ruolan feels that the global novel craze has begun to cool a bit from the feverish pitch of 2004. The market has become oversaturated by the glut of lengthy books that hit the press every year, and reader fatigue has manifested itself in declining sales figures.
汪若蘭則補充個人觀察表示，蔓延全球的長篇小說閱讀風潮，自 2004 年起歷經鼎盛時期，但隨著各大出版社紛紛推出大部頭小說，市場飽和，讀者也漸趨疲乏，反應出來的就是實際銷售數字的下滑。