What makes a text successful, powerful, effective, enjoyable, satisfying, have artistic merit?

1. POWERFUL

1.1. EMOTIONAL IMPACT. IT MOVES, UPSETS, INSPIRES, AMUSES, OUTRAGES THE READER (ETC)

2. ORIGINALITY (1ST)

2.1. IT DEFIES GENRE, SURPRISES ITS AUDIENCE, IS UNCONVENTIONAL AND STRIKING IN TECHNIQUE AND NARRATION ETC

3. IT ACHIEVES ITS PURPOSE

3.1. YOUR VIEW OF HUMANITY AND SOCIETY IS CHANGED

4. YOU CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE CHARACTERS

4.1. THEIR PAIN PAINS YOU, THEIR TRIUMPHS HAVE YOU OUT OF YOUR CHAIR, YOU WORRY ABOUT THEM AND WHAT WILL BECOME OF THEM ETC

5. IT REMAINS RELEVANT TODAY

5.1. IT SPEAKS TO MANY DIFFERENT GENERATIONS AND CONTEXTS WHO ALL LISTEN, ENGAGE WITH, AND TAKE ON BOARD THE MESSAGES

6. THE ENDING IS POWERFUL

6.1. IT IS PROVOCATIVE. IT LEAVES YOU THINKING, QUESTIONING, ANALYSING

7. ITS CONSTRUCTION IS BEAUTIFUL

7.1. IN LANGUAGE, STRUCTURE, STYLE ETC

8. IT FUNCTIONS ON DIFFERENT LEVELS

8.1. BENEATH AN ENGAGING NARRATIVE IS MUCH MORE DEPTH TO BE EXPLORED