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Shoutout to my book club for finally admitting 'The Goldfinch' has too many pages
Last month our Austin book club finally had it out about 'The Goldfinch' after three people admitted they never finished it. For six months everyone pretended to love that 771 page monster but really we were all skipping chapters. Nobody wants to be the one who says a Pulitzer winner is boring but honestly the ending didn't need 200 pages of setup. Has anyone else's group had a fake consensus collapse?
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dylan_stone3321d ago
lol we had the same thing happen with 'A Little Life'. everyone nodding along for months and turns out half of us stopped at page 300. once one person admitted it the whole thing fell apart. way better to just be honest about it imo.
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lucas_price8321d ago
The real problem is that these books are marketed like they're some kind of emotional IQ test. Nobody wants to be the one who says they found it boring or depressing because then you look like you don't GET IT. But honestly, social media pressure is the main reason everyone fake-loves these doorstoppers in the first place. BookTok needs to chill with the guilt trips.
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