On Belonging to a Book Club

It's always difficult to discuss a book if you carry around a backpack of dislikes. How often we forget that writers often create characters we wouldn't like as next door neighbors. 

Writers do not have to create a set of characters we like. How difficult it is to discuss a book when someone ignores the story and says , "Typical book written by a man." 

Bless the readers who hone in on the elements of writing and critique without getting mired in their own  petty likes and dislikes.