I was sure our club's pick of 'The Overstory' would be a boring slog about trees, but after 100 pages I'm fully invested in the human drama tangled up in the roots.

Has anyone else had a book club choice completely flip your opinion after you gave it a proper shot?

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Oh man, this happens to me all the time. I almost quit on "Piranesi" because the start felt so weird and slow. But I pushed through and it totally blew my mind by the end. It's a good lesson to not bail too early, even if a book feels like a chore at first. I've missed out on some great stories by being too quick to judge.

the_fiona17d ago

Totally! I've seen this happen with movies and music too. You write something off based on a quick look, but then you actually sit with it and get pulled in. My friend made me watch this slow foreign film last year and I was dreading it, but the story just grabbed me halfway through. Makes me wonder what else I've missed by judging too fast.

king.val17d ago

Honestly same. I've done that with so many albums. Skip a track early and miss the best song later.