I've had this discussion a few times with Camilla, not least when I extol the virtues of a Dan Brown novel as a well written book for it's audience. As long as the book tells a good story and the writing doesn't get in the way of that, job done, it's well written.

Literature students and snobs amuse me as much as artsy film snobs, who dont think a movie is worthwile unless it's a 4hours long, black and white, subtitled, film from the Czech Republic.