Like you, I like seeking out the bad ones as well. I think they can be hugely entertaining, and you can pretty much play bingo with all the clichés. I also see sometimes how young authors in particular try the various, ah, staples on the genre on for size and explore what they can do with them. Those I always find interesting.
I also wouldn't underestimate the amount of real abuse survivors who are writing this stuff. Obviously abuse is great for when you're creating faux tension - "Legolas! Oh noes! We can't be together - my creepy uncle once turned me into a newt as a practical joke, and I've just never been the same! I love you! Don't touch me!"
On the other hand, some of the very disturbing and resonating descriptions of abuse are obviously either the result of a great imagination, actual trauma, or some combination thereof.
*cough* When Lush was a wee little girl, she wrote melodramatic prose about her own abuse, which helped her cope. If only fan fiction was around back then. *coughedy cough*
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