Our group spent 45 minutes arguing about the ending of 'Klara and the Sun'

We meet in a library in Omaha, and last week things got heated. Half of us thought Klara's final scene was hopeful, the other half thought it was just sad. People were talking over each other, repeating the same points. I was getting really tired of it. So I tried something new. I said, 'Okay, let's all write down one specific line from the book that made us feel our way, and then we'll go around and read them.' It forced everyone to actually look at the text again instead of just their feelings. It worked. The talk got way more focused and we actually heard each other out. Has anyone else used a trick like this to stop a book talk from going in circles?

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