Chryiss Nup. All good. You're telling it like it is.
There are lots of compelling stories that aren't popular on this site.
Let's face it you don't have to use much of your brain to read common, popular ones. I'm not dissing on popular well-known tropes, but you honestly can switch off and enjoy the ride when you read, cause you already know what's coming up. You've experienced it before in some other novel. So, the experience is just a carry on thrill from the last one.
With left-field stories, not so common tropes, you do have to use all your burners to decipher what is going on. Especially when your expanse and experience of the world is limited. Thankfully we have Google-sensei these days.