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Serious question, has anyone else's club forced a 'classic' they just couldn't get through?
My club in Tacoma picked 'Moby Dick' last month, and after 100 pages of whaling details, I skipped to the last chapter and read a summary online. I actually contributed more to the debate about Ahab's obsession than the people who slogged through the whole thing. Is this a valid way to engage with a book you find unreadable, or is it just cheating?
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price.logan27d ago
Our Seattle group tried 'Ulysses' last year and it broke us. Your method sounds perfectly valid to me.
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oliviabarnes27d ago
Wait, you guys tried to read Ulysses as a group? That sounds like a special kind of torture. I can't imagine trying to keep everyone on the same page with that book. No wonder it broke you.
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