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That book club meeting went off the rails when I admitted I hated the ending
Last Tuesday at the downtown library meeting room 3B, everyone was raving about how 'The Silent Patient' was brilliant and I just couldn't hold it in anymore. I told them the twist felt cheap and the therapy framing was lazy, and three people actually walked out. Am I the only one who thinks a book can be popular but still poorly written?
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dakota_nelson4329d agoMost Upvoted
Oh man, I had the exact same thing happen with my book club last month. We read 'Where the Crawdads Sing' and everyone was going on about how beautiful it was, and I finally just said it felt like a Hallmark movie with a murder plot thrown in. Two people got up and left the room, one actually told me I was "missing the point." Its like people get personally offended when you dont love the same thing they do. The Silent Patient is a perfect example of a book that gets hyped for one big twist and then falls apart if you look at it for more than five minutes. I swear some book clubs are more about agreeing than actually talking about the book.
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amy_murphy8529d ago
People take book opinions way too personally sometimes.
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