by Wally Lamb
Meeting Date: March 13, 2009
Hostess: Stacey
Discussion: There was a consensus that no one would recommend this book, even though the overall rating was quite high. There was an excellent discussion about the fact that this really seemed to be two books, not one, and people tended to prefer the first half to the second half. Apparently those of us who are not "human" preferred the latter part! Haha! :-)
There was a fair amount of agreement on the least liked character(s) (Maureen and/or Mrs. Seaberry) and the favourite characters were Lolly and Janis. It was interesting that several of us had similar comments but for some, those things made us like the book and for others they made us not like the book. For many, there was a lack of identification with the characters, when adding that to the length of the book, we found the book "forgettable", even from chapter to chapter and certainly by the time we finished reading it.
Ratings:
Stephanie ........7
Joyce ..............8
Natalie ...........8
Barb ...............8
Lynne .............5
Dannette ........7.5
Stacey ...........7.5
Martha ..........7.5
Overall: 7.3
As my first book club, I remember thinking how cool it was that we were reading a book on such an important event. This gave me a sense of the variety of books we would read from here on, which is one of the things that is great about this club - another amazing thing is the friends I have made!
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