Our book club spent 4 meetings arguing over the ending of 'The Road'

Vera Nelson · 2026-04-07T18:05:04.528034+00:00

I thought we'd wrap it up in one session, but people kept bringing up Cormac McCarthy's other books and debating if the boy actually found safety. It turned into this whole thing about hope vs despair in post-apocalyptic fiction. Anyone else's group get stuck on a single book for way too long?

the_hayden5mo ago

Four whole meetings on hope vs despair? It's a book, not a life philosophy class. People read way too much into this stuff. The kid either made it or he didn't, the end. My group would have moved on after someone said "depressing but good" and opened the snacks.

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jordanmartinez5mo ago

Only FOUR meetings? That's it?

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nguyen.morgan5mo ago

Right? My group spent three weeks on whether Gatsby was actually great or just a rich creep.

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anna4915mo ago

Seriously, some groups just miss the point.

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