This was our November pick, and most of the members thought it was good, but not great. A common comment was that it needed more action - they kept waiting for something to happen. It was a good snapshot of the time period, and a window into the lives of the people at that time.
Someone mentioned that they also just read City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert, and that they were very similar - she kept mixing up the two! More than one person said they just didn't care about the characters, that women's roles in the 1930's were very restrictive choices. Our discussion led us to a conclusion that while the characters in the story were well fleshed out, the relationships felt strange. Perhaps a male author doesn't fully understand complicated female relationships and how deep they can be? Photography is a key theme, and the extra information about the subway photo series was very cool to look at on the author's website. As for the title, while the Rules of Civility acts as Tinker's moral compass, Katey is really the primary character in the book. It made for a strange title. After our virtual meeting, a member commented that even though most of us didn't love the book, the discussion was a really good one. There was a lot to discuss, and everyone participated. I've noticed this over the years - sometimes our favorite books are comfortable but not very discussion-worthy. It's the books we struggle a bit with that hold more to really discuss and debate over.
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