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My book club debated one chapter for 2 hours straight last night
We were reading "Project Hail Mary" and someone asked if the main character's amnesia made the story better or just confusing. That kicked off a whole thing about unreliable narrators. Half the group loved the mystery, the other half said it felt like a cheap trick. By the time we moved on, we spent zero time talking about the actual science stuff. Has anyone else had one small question totally derail a whole meeting?
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barnes.shane10d ago
Wait, did your book club really spend two hours on just the amnesia thing? That's wild but I get it... I used to think unreliable narrators were just lazy writing, like the author couldn't figure out a better plot device. But after reading "The Silent Patient" last year I totally changed my mind. The whole mystery fell apart for me at first because I couldn't trust anything the guy was saying, but then it clicked how much the unreliable part made the story actually work.
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mila_reed10d ago
Did I tell you my book club once spent an hour arguing about who ate the last cookie?
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