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My book club hated 'Circe' and I was the only one who loved it
I suggested Madeline Miller's Circe for our monthly pick after hearing rave reviews online, but six out of eight members said it was too slow and preachy. One guy admitted he skimmed the last hundred pages and still didn't get why she turned Scylla into a monster. Did anyone else's group completely miss the point of a flawed narrator, or is my taste just off?
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wendysanchez5d ago
Honestly this is a book club, not a therapy session. People have different tastes, it happens. The guy skimming the last hundred pages just wanted to get through it, not everyone reads for deep character analysis. Pretty sure half my book club missed the whole point of Gatsby and we still had a good time arguing about it. You liked the book, they didn't, that's basically the whole story right there. No need to rethink your entire friend group over a novel about Greek mythology.
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Pick a new book club, those people can't handle a complicated heroine.
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tylerj225d ago
@olivia398 it's just a book club, not a life sentence. Maybe they just didn't vibe with the character, doesn't make them incapable of handling complexity.
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