Why does every book club debate have to turn into a therapy session?

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Honestly that's kinda the point for me. Good books bring up real life stuff, so of course people talk about it. Makes the whole thing more interesting.

xena_murphy1mo ago

Come on, that's exactly what ruins a good story for me. Sometimes I just want to escape into a book without getting dragged into a bunch of heavy real world debates. All that overthinking and picking apart every little thing just sucks the fun right out. It turns a cool escape into another boring talk about stuff we hear all day anyway. Let me just enjoy the ride.

patricianguyen23h ago

I was at a bookstore just last week and saw some guy arguing with the cashier about whether a fantasy novel was "too woke." Like, really? It's a book about dragons. You can find deeper meaning in anything if you try hard enough but sometimes a story is just a story. Not every page needs to be taken apart like it's some big political statement.