Our club in Denver almost quit 'The Overstory' after 50 pages

We were all stuck on the slow start and huge cast, so I suggested we just read the character chapters out of order, grouping them by theme instead of page number. It made the whole book click for us, and we had our best talk yet. Has anyone else tried breaking the rules of a book's structure to get through it?

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davis.olivia7d agoMost Upvoted

Honestly, grouping chapters by theme is such a smart fix for that book. Tbh I did something similar with "Cloud Atlas" because the jumping around lost me at first. I just read all of one time period straight through before moving to the next, then went back and pieced it together. It made the whole story way easier to follow and actually enjoy.

betty_perry247d ago

Ngl @davis.olivia, your reading hack sounds like a fun way to cheat on a book.

theajohnson7d ago

Yeah I heard some people do that with "The Sound and the Fury" too, just read Benjy's part all at once. Makes a HARD book way less of a fight.