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_fiona2mo 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.val2mo ago

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

gibson.morgan6d ago

Wait, are you me? Because I swear I've done this with almost every book I've ever read. I'm a total hypocrite about it too, I'll tell people to give things a chance all day but then I almost DNF'd my favorite novel of all time because the first chapter was boring. Embarrassing to admit, but I've skipped songs on the first listen and then later realized they were the best ones on the whole album. Could probably fill a whole list of things I've ruined for myself by being impatient.