Would you be willing to abandon all forms of mass media entertainment for the next decade if you knew for sure that it would ruin the entertainment industry and all those associated with it?
Study suggests link between consumption of aspartame drinks during pregnancy and male autism.
https://news.uthscsa.edu/drinking-diet-sodas-and-aspartame-sweetened-beverages-daily-during-pregnancy-linked-to-autism-in-male-offspring/
I agree that it's nothing amazing, you have to skim past much of the internal monologue filler that makes up a portion of each chapter if you want to enjoy it. But for RR it was novel enough and it didn't hiatus after barely beginning.