Took me 6 months to realize my book club was a debate club in disguise

I kept bringing up plot holes in our monthly reads and everyone would argue and I thought I was just in a really argumentative book club. Turns out the group was started by a former college debate captain and 80 percent of the meetings were just people fighting over themes and character choices.

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kevin_carr22d ago

Yeah but actually the whole "80 percent of meetings" thing makes me wonder if you were just keeping track or if that's an estimate. I mean I get it, I've been in groups where the arguing takes over and you start to wonder why you even showed up. It's funny though because a lot of book clubs I've heard about actually do turn into debate sessions even when they don't mean to. Plot holes are kind of unavoidable in any book so I think the real problem was the group didn't set any ground rules for how to talk about them without it turning into a fight. Still, six months is a long time to stick around before figuring it out so you must have liked the people enough to keep coming back.

jackson.jenny21d ago

So wait, you're telling me I could've just Googled "is my book club secretly a debate team" and saved myself six months of getting roasted over character motivations? Honestly sounds like a nightmare, hope the snacks were good at least.