Our book club spent $400 on a guided author talk and it split the group right down the middle.

We all chipped in to get a popular fantasy author to do a video call with us after we read her trilogy. It cost about $50 a person. Half of us thought it was amazing. She gave us the real story behind the ending and answered our wildest fan theories. The other half felt totally burned. They said knowing her exact intentions ruined the magic of the book for them, and that her answers felt too rehearsed. I'm in the middle. It was cool to hear her talk, but now when I reread parts, I only hear her voice explaining them, not my own thoughts. Has your club ever paid for a special experience like that? Did it add to the book or take something away?

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grant74824d ago

Yikes, paying to ruin the magic?

evah4051m ago

Totally get what mark_nguyen95 means, it's like finding out how your favorite food is made and then you can't unsee it.

mark_nguyen9524d ago

But you know, grant748, it reminds me of that time I saw how they made a movie trick. Kinda made the whole thing less special for a bit. Sometimes not knowing how the trick works is the whole point, right?