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Picked a short story for our club in Austin and it blew up into a two-hour fight
Our group usually reads novels, but I suggested a 15-page story by Shirley Jackson last month. I thought it would be a quick chat, but people got so heated about the ending that we argued for almost two hours straight. It taught me that a short read doesn't mean a simple debate. Has your club ever had a huge fight over something really short?
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robert_craig14d ago
Wow, two hours over fifteen pages... that's some serious dedication to being annoyed. My group once nearly came to blows over a single ambiguous poem... we spent so long arguing about what a "red wheelbarrow" meant that we forgot to talk about the actual book. Short stuff just leaves more room for people to invent their own drama, I guess.
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johnb9514d ago
Yeah my friend's book club had a similar thing happen with a super short story last month. They spent the whole meeting arguing if the main character was a ghost or just sad, and my friend said it got so heated someone almost stormed out. It's wild how a few pages can cause that much trouble, totally get what you mean @robert_craig. I guess when there's less to go on, everyone just fights harder for their own idea.
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