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TIL my book club's spoiler hint led to a huge ethics fight
Honestly, at our last meeting, Sarah mentioned the book's big twist since she'd already watched the movie. Some members said she completely ruined the story for everyone else. Others argued that with older books, spoilers are kinda fair game. Ngl, the whole thing got pretty messy and now I'm torn. What's your take on spoilers in book clubs?
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charlie_martin665h ago
Man, Jake's totally onto something with that voting idea. We tried that in my club last year and it saved so many headaches. We ended up with a three tier system: no spoilers ever for new books, spoilers okay after 10 years for popular stuff, and anything over 30 years is just open season. Having it written down means nobody can pretend they forgot the rules.
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jake_patel7h ago
Yeah that's the worst lol. Honestly book clubs should vote on spoiler rules at the start. Like if it's a classic like The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, some people will already know the twist and it's hard to talk around it. But just dropping it without warning is so rude. Maybe have a spoiler amnesty period after a book's been out for 20 years or something. These fights always happen when no one sets the ground rules first.
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