Rant: My book club's talks have turned too nice to be fun.

Kelly Lee · 2026-03-03T13:41:39.043464+00:00

We used to have real fights over book meanings, but now everyone just agrees. It feels like we're missing the point of a book club.

If your club's become "too nice," try playing devil's advocate like I did to bring back the fun arguments.

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How about making that a rule? Someone has to argue against the group each time, just rotate who does it.

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Maybe the books you pick now are too safe to argue about.

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