Our book club tried to discuss 'Ulysses' and it was a total disaster

Last month my book club picked James Joyce's 'Ulysses' because someone said it would be a fun challenge. Big mistake. I got maybe 30 pages in before I was totally lost, and by our meeting night only 2 out of 8 people had finished even half of it. We spent the whole hour just arguing about whether the book was genius or just a mess. Someone pulled up a YouTube summary and we watched that instead of talking about it. I felt kind of bad because I really wanted to like it, but honestly it was a huge failure for our group. Has anyone else had a book pick that just completely bombed like that?

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viola_cooper6219d ago

Did anyone actually admit they just picked it for the bragging rights?

ivan87319d ago

Would they even be honest about it if they did?

eva_lewis19d agoTop Commenter

And they definitely wouldn't say "yeah, I just wanted to look important." I once had a neighbor who bragged about a club membership for months before admitting he'd only been there once.