Writers write for different reasons. Readers read for different reasons.
The words on the page are only part of any story. Everyone brings their own experiences, needs, shortcomings, worldviews, and biases to complete the story. The story that the writer creates is only her version, the story she needed to write for herself.
With every new reader, the story is completed anew and in a different way.
Try to remember this the next time someone doesn't like a story you've written. They're experience of the story is different from yours and will be different from the next reader's.
Don't let one person's opinion keep you from your work. Remember why you write (it's not for them) and keep at it.
"Stories are the vessels I use to interpret the world to myself."
—Pat Conroy, My Reading Life