I had a similar query as a teenager growing up in India. My mum offered a good analogy to get her point across- why have the color pink when we have red? Or why have light blue when we’ve navy? Words are like colors- they have a distinct meaning- they are like an ingredient in a recipe with distinct characteristic. Now of course the recipe will taste bad if you use too much or too little of an ingredient. So usually when you come across a bad writing it’s the writer and not words you should hate. Most well written books use simple words. Orwells advice on what makes a writing good is followed by many contemporary authors. Clarity is hallmark of good writing so i don’t know what books you’re referring to.
I had a similar query as a teenager growing up in India. My mum offered a good analogy to get her point across- why have the color pink when we have red? Or why have light blue when we’ve navy? Words are like colors- they have a distinct meaning- they are like an ingredient in a recipe with distinct characteristic. Now of course the recipe will taste bad if you use too much or too little of an ingredient. So usually when you come across a bad writing it’s the writer and not words you should hate. Most well written books use simple words. Orwells advice on what makes a writing good is followed by many contemporary authors. Clarity is hallmark of good writing so i don’t know what books you’re referring to.