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My aunt told me to skip the 'classics' and pick a book with a clear villain
She said our club would argue more if we had someone to root against, and she was totally right. We read 'Gone Girl' last month and the debate about Amy versus Nick got so heated someone brought a printed timeline to the meeting. Has a simple suggestion ever completely changed your group's dynamic?
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pat_roberts555d ago
My book club read "The Girl on the Train" and one woman printed out train schedules to prove the timeline didn't work. We spent two hours on that instead of talking about Rachel's drinking problem.
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emmaking2mo ago
Totally get that. My friend picked a thriller where the killer's identity was obvious from page ten. We spent the whole meeting arguing if the author meant it to be that simple or if it was just bad writing. It completely saved our group from another boring chat about symbolism.
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the_robert2mo ago
Your aunt is onto something. @emmaking, was the obvious killer thing at least fun to argue about? We tried a mystery once where the butler did it, straight up. The whole meeting turned into listing every book or movie that used that twist, which was way better than picking apart the prose.
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