Ran into my old English teacher at the grocery store and she made me rethink all those book club arguments

She said a book's value isn't in whether you agree with the ending, but in how it makes you talk about it with the person next to you, so does anyone else find themselves picking fights over plot holes even though that's missing the point?

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andrew64616d ago

Man, that's exactly what I needed to hear. I used to get so hung up on whether a book's ending "made sense" that I'd miss the whole point of talking about it with my buddy. Last week we spent an hour arguing about a plot hole in this thriller and I think we both forgot what the story was even about. It's way better when we just trade ideas and opinions instead of trying to win some dumb debate.

simon_coleman16d ago

Why do you have to pretend plot holes don't matter for conversation to be worth anything?

robinson.paul13d ago

Friend of mine once spent a whole evening arguing with his dad about whether the train in The Polar Express was supposed to be real or a dream. His dad was dead set on proving it was all a Christmas fantasy. My friend kept pointing out the movie shows a real train ticket with his name on it at the end. They went back and forth for a solid hour, and by the end, his dad admitted he hadn't actually seen the movie in 20 years. They both just kind of laughed and started talking about the part with the hobo on the roof instead.