Anyone else here who doesn’t understand shopping by trope?

I feel like I missed the boat on understanding reading only specific tropes/having preferences for them. I want the writing to unfold in a way that might surprise me?

Mind you, I definitely have tropes I hate. And I know a lot of romance book plots are really just the device to get to the next smut scene, but idk. Knowing the plot before I even pick up the book takes a lot of the fun out of reading it for me. Can anyone change my ways or shed light on it? Haha because tbh I’m envious of all the passionate, know-thyself book request posts 😂