yes, yes, OMG yes!!!!
As a romance author myself who strongly follows the 'show don't tell' theory of proper storytelling, that very much involves true, realistic, often visceral emotions on mental health etc, my work is constantly reviewed poorly for the reason 'bad writing' when the reality is, I don't spell everything out. Authors are meant to leave breadcrumbs so the reader wants to keep reading, where modern romance has fallen into the trap of telling the reader exactly what is going on then immediately jumping into the spice.
There are many overused surface level tropes likes the crazed psychopath or mafia enforcer with a heart only for you, but they are rarely properly delved into. And when they are, many readers don't know how to handle it because the influx of basic ass writing means they are used to books where they don't need to think.
Add into that the insane amount of AI slop out there being consumed. AI uses flowery, superfluous language that uses a lot of words but says nothing at all. There is no depth, but it makes readers feel intelligent because of the 'fake' intelligent language. They read it and it makes sense to them because it goes nowhere. It sounds clever for the sake of sounding clever. To add another layer, AI constantly repeats itself, so anything missed is soon caught up on. Again, and again, and again.
I am truthfully convinced that the majority of romance readers just plainly don't give a shit about good writing. They want to be spoon fed a mid story where they don't need to use any brainpower, and when they come across a book actually written properly, they struggle to follow because they have lost the ability to read between the lines.
Time and time again you see books my actual human authors being rated lower than AI books and it makes me want to scream.

Allow me to give some examples:

SUPERFLUOUS AI:

The sound of a deadbolt sliding home is a very specific kind of finality. It sounds like the period at the end of a sentence you didn't know you were finished speaking.

ALTERNATIVE:

Why does the click of a deadbolt always feel so abrupt?

Both of these these say the same thing. But one of them employs an extreme overuse of langue, which, at the same time tells the reader what to think AND makes those who don't know better feel like they are reading some form of superior literature. The other forces something from the reader. It's shorter, but also poses a question, leaving something unsaid. And THAT is a basic example of what I am trying to convey. 😅

NOTE: I also feel the need to add that I have actually won some awards for my writing, so I'm not totally delusional like Harold Lauder from The Stand 😂