Spent $40 on a 'must-read' book club pick that was just awful

Our group chose this literary fiction title everyone was raving about, but it was 400 pages of nothing happening. I forced myself to finish it for the meeting, and that's 15 hours of my life I won't get back. Anyone else have a book club pick that felt like a total scam?

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mary_schmidt1mo ago

Used to think I was the problem if I didn't like a fancy book. Now I trust my gut and just stop reading if it's boring. Life's too short for bad books, even if the club picked it.

marywells1mo ago

My friend Sarah quit a 600 page book at page 50, @mary_schmidt.

robinson.paul8h ago

Is it bad that I peaked at page 50 by finishing a whole bag of chips instead?