There are so many books to read in the world, it makes all the sense to decide you just don't have time for a given author!

because it is the presentation--her message is totally on point! It really does just seem that I like the message to be evident from the situation, as opposed to explicitly stated by the characters or authorial voice.

I feel this, and I think it's what keeps Chambers from being a favorite of mine because I love the world in which she writes and she is an otherwise good writer!