I want to tell you that your Mom's book club is probably too conservative to really enjoy the book.
I thought of that after I suggested it, but figured that, since my mom likes the series as well, there'd be at least one person who'd get all enthused about it. If nothing else, it's a much better written mystery than the Rita May Brown one we read in December. But actually, nobody had any real complaints about the subject matter (that they were willing to make during the discussion, anyway). Mostly, people didn't like the style, or said they had a hard time getting into it, or that they couldn't keep track of people's costumes (it's set during Mardi Gras, which means people run around in masks a lot). Honestly, I'm sort of surprised nobody complained about it being too "out there" or something--I swear, I competely forgot that there's a minor character who's transgendered until I re-read the book for book club, and then I slapped my forehead in self-irritation. And then scratched my head in confusion when nobody else even mentioned him/her.
The one that's really going to be too "provocative" for them is Wicked, which somebody suggested they/we read in August. I think they're expecting it to be wholesome and family-oriented like the Wizard of Oz movie, and all of the sex and political scheming will come as a major shock to them. That, plus apparently nobody else has read Frank L. Baum's original Oz books, so they're going to be real confused by all the stuff that's not like the movie.
Next month's book is about a middle-aged woman going through a midlife crisis, though, so that one should be a hit.
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I thought of that after I suggested it, but figured that, since my mom likes the series as well, there'd be at least one person who'd get all enthused about it. If nothing else, it's a much better written mystery than the Rita May Brown one we read in December. But actually, nobody had any real complaints about the subject matter (that they were willing to make during the discussion, anyway). Mostly, people didn't like the style, or said they had a hard time getting into it, or that they couldn't keep track of people's costumes (it's set during Mardi Gras, which means people run around in masks a lot). Honestly, I'm sort of surprised nobody complained about it being too "out there" or something--I swear, I competely forgot that there's a minor character who's transgendered until I re-read the book for book club, and then I slapped my forehead in self-irritation. And then scratched my head in confusion when nobody else even mentioned him/her.
The one that's really going to be too "provocative" for them is Wicked, which somebody suggested they/we read in August. I think they're expecting it to be wholesome and family-oriented like the Wizard of Oz movie, and all of the sex and political scheming will come as a major shock to them. That, plus apparently nobody else has read Frank L. Baum's original Oz books, so they're going to be real confused by all the stuff that's not like the movie.
Next month's book is about a middle-aged woman going through a midlife crisis, though, so that one should be a hit.