This book was enjoyable to read. It has a very interesting concept, but I think the author could have gone many different directions with it. There seemed to be a lot of fluff, non-essential, and not really interesting parts. But on the whole it was good. Our club agreed that there was something off about the main character Clare, but couldn't quite put a finger on it. I don't feel my time was wasted. Not my favorite book, but not it wasn't bad either.

This book opened up discussion on many different topics. We discovered there's a wide range of things including education, characters and their traits, race/equality, how life was different then from now, etc. This is an enjoyable read and keeps you hooked until the end. I found it quite charming and I adored Scout's character. The characters are well developed (for the most part) so you really feel like you get to know them and sympathize with them. She connects you to the story.

I surprisingly enjoyed this book. It appears to be a drippy love story, but that is not the case. We had good discussion about how our relationships are so different from what life was like 100 yrs ago. But also what our relationship should look like and have we gone to far? It lends itself to good discussion on several different topics.

Our group discussed the psychology in Pi's head, religion, zoos, and how all of this intertwines in the book. There was plenty to discuss and it was an enjoyable book to read. It really made you think.

I loved this book. Although it's a bit difficult to get into the language at the beginning, it's soon much easier to understand. Her writing is captivating and enjoyable.

Much to discuss with our club on this one including women's roles and attitudes during the day, differing reasons to marry and how they affected the characters, can people change, and so much more. We had a wonderful time discussing. Some members even read it twice in the month. Great book, highly recommended.

This is a weird book. However, there was so much to discuss about it. I know said it was confusing, slow, and unconvincing, but it leads to discussion quite easily. It was probably one I liked the least of the books we've read, but the characters are well developed and interesting and you feel compelled to keep reading.

For young and old this book is a treasure. So different from life today,it lends itself to discussion on life back in the day. If you wanted something, you made it. So interesting and fun to read.

This book wasn't terrible, but it wasn't great either. There were many themes/characters that were dropped. It seemed like it was setting up for a sequel. The main character seemed to make an uncharacteristic change at the end. While we did have discussion it wasn't mostly on how it wasn't great. It was fluffy and was over-descriptive.

I really enjoyed this book. However, I've gotta say I like the movie better. Julie isn't very likable. It lends to great discussion from "who does this kind of thing" to "What was her purpose writing this?".

I enjoyed this book as crazy as the people are in it. Our club discussed this book more than any other I think we've ever read (and we've read some great books and LONG books!). There is a lot to it.

I'd really have to recommend reading and discussing all 3 books in the series. Some of us had, some had not so it was difficult to discuss just the first without giving away the end. This book is very fast paced...I'm generally a slow reader, but read all 3 books in less than 3 weeks (each about 400 pgs). At the beginning I did not think I wanted to read about this subject, but the way Collins develops it is very well done and not too gruesome, although a bit. It did give me nightmares though. Really excellent writing and an interesting story/concept.

We discussed this book more than many others we've read. An interesting look at feminism considering the period written. I'm struggling to find words to describe this book. I enjoyed it and we had interesting discussion about the male characters to what roles the minor characters played to religion and its role.

While this book gives information on the Vel D'hiv. it's incredibly depressing. It did compel me to keep reading so I could find out what happened to the characters. I did not like the ending and I think some parts were a bit far-fetched. I thought the writing was only so-so. It was just too sad for a January read.