Book-a-book of the Month Club discussion

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Can we talk about the hickey joke?

Richard wrote: "Can we talk about the hickey joke?"

Do you mean the one my wife glared at me during when I read it out loud to my kids? 🤣🤣🤣

I kind of saw that as the same sort of thing Disney does where they insert jokes that go right over the children's heads, but keep the parents who brought them watching the movie.

Kandice wrote: "I kind of saw that as the same sort of thing Disney does where they insert jokes that go right over the children's heads, but keep the parents who brought them watching the movie."

Ha! Yes!

I mentioned this in my review but thought it might be worth discussing here. I felt like the way it was written was intentionally similar to the way the book Dracula sounds - i.e. letters from Harker.

Matthew wrote: "I mentioned this in my review but thought it might be worth discussing here. I felt like the way it was written was intentionally similar to the way the book Dracula sounds - i.e. letters from Harker."

I commented on your review, and agree with you, although it hadn't really occurred to me. It's funny to me how many people think they are so familiar with the Dracula story, but have not actually read the real book. It's wonderfully written.

Interesting Matthew. I didn’t think about it that way. If that was intentional, it was a very clever writing choice by Howe.