I keep hearing people say 'the book was better' but they never finish the book

Joined a club last month and three people admitted they only got through the first 50 pages of The Power. Then spent the whole meeting complaining about how the show changed things. How can you even compare if you didn't finish it? Happened with another book too, some Neil Gaiman thing. If I'm the only one who read the whole thing, is it even a book club debate or just people being mad at a trailer?

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david12320d ago

Wait only 50 pages of The Power? That's insane, that book is not even that long lmao. I legit finished it in like two days because I couldn't put it down. And then they showed up to complain? That's wild to me. You can't have a real discussion about what changed if you literally haven't read the second half of the story. That Neil Gaiman one sounds rough too, probably American Gods or something people pretend to have finished. Honestly I'd be so annoyed if I was the only one who actually read the whole thing, like what's even the point of the club then.

the_hannah20d ago

The 50 pages thing is wild but honestly it fits a bigger pattern I see everywhere. People decide they know the whole story after like 10% of it and then get mad when the rest contradicts their hot take. I see it all the time with news articles where someone reads the headline and then argues about the article online for hours. Or with movies where someone walks out 20 minutes in and then gives a review like they saw the whole thing. It's like people are scared of being wrong so they stop consuming the actual content and just make up their own version. The book club thing just makes it extra obvious because everyone has to admit how far they got. But yeah david123 you're totally right, what is even the point of meeting up if nobody did the work.