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Posted May 30, 2024 by [Deleted]
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Depends on whether there's anywhere halfwayish through the book that offers both /1/ a logically sensible stopping point in the narrative, and /2/ enough perspective on the overall story arc to allow coherent discussion of it.
Some stories I've read—especially ones that repeatedly scene-cut between different narrators—have plenty of these potential waypoints; others have had such a seamless narrative that I couldn't bear the thought of slamming the book shut partway through and cliffhanger-ing for a whole week.
@nomenarewomen, You read the book not that long ago—Do You remember whether there were any feasible stopping points?
yeah, I was going to ask @nomenarewomen about that but you beat me to it! I haven't gotten a chance to look at the book yet and see if it has a good midway point like you mentioned. it also depends on the writing style, since some books are fairly quick reads but others are more dense and take longer, even if the page counts are similar.
it might be that this one is short and quick enough that it's more suitable to discuss the whole book at once, but I'm not sure at this point.
Hiya, so the book has three main sections: the part where the women are in the cage pp.1-55, the partafter the cage pp.57-135, and the part where the protagonist is on her own ending on p.188. The narrative style is fast as the only breaks between sections are the ones listed above. You could stop in the middle of the book but it's hard to pick a point as there is no natural break. I think if possible it would be best to read the whole book but as long as you've got a decent way through the second section, then that could also potentially work.
thanks for the insight! based on that, it looks like it's better to discuss the entire book at once, so that's what will happen for this book club.