The Procrastinators Book Club discussion

Welcome to the The Measure Buddy Read Discussion thread! This thread officially opens on July 14th and anyone can join at any time. Please keep in mind that spoilers are allowed in this thread but only up to the group's current reading place. Do not spoil the book if you've read further than the group. Any extra days can be used to catch up!

Each day we will be reading by chapters or page numbers. Page numbers are an approximation based on the hardcover or paperback that is the default on Goodreads. The suggested Buddy Read discussion schedule is as follows:

Week of 07/14
14th: Prologue + Spring (half)

Week of 07/15
15th: Spring (second half)
16th: Fall (78 p)
17th: Winter (44 p)
18th: Spring (12 p), & Several years later (27 p)

PARTICIPANTS
~ Dia
~ Tina

until the letter's response/first half of spring:

(view spoiler)[i'm really liking the writing! i was worried bc usually when there's multiple povs it gets easy to mix up the character's voice but everyone has different concerns around the string. i'm curious to see how the story will follow cause maura has 10y left, ben has 2 (?), and amie hasn't seen hers yet. i feel like there'll be a plot twist regarding amie's string. but anyways, by the way the parts are slipped it won't follow up 10 years or even two, so where are we going with this, you know???

my theories rn are: they'll find something that proves some strings wrong, amie and ben will have a romance going on, and, by the first phrase of the next chapter, hank will die soon and it will be bc of that man we saw before, begging to be admitted so he can have a little more time.

i wonder if at any point the children will play a important part. ignoring them would just be a bit silly, imo. (hide spoiler)]

I've finished Spring.

I have to be honest, I'm glad within the first 2 chapters, some of my questions were answered. (like the boxes can't have all appeared at the same time in different timezones etc).

however, the many different POVs means that I don't care for any of the characters at this point. the only part I'm really enjoying is the exchange of letters between Ben and Amie.

I like some of the themes such as politicians are already abusing some of their power and looking to marginalise people even more according to their strings. it'll be interesting to see the repercussions. it is an interesting concept and there's a lot to think about, but because I don't care for any of the characters, I find it hard to care about what comes next hahha

maybe it's because I have a different outlook and I know I'll die someday, I find it hard to empathise with the way some of the short strings react such as killing others (but then again when you know your life is short and you're not a good person, I suppose you'll act on things you want to do knowing that you'll die quickly and thus won't be punished by law for it etc.). like if I had a short string I'd make sure to enjoy life to the fullest and do all the things I want to instead of panicking.

do you think you would open yours? i feel like it would be such an anxiety filled thing for me. if i don't, everybody around me would be talking about it; if i do, i get paranoid either way since the long string doesn't mean you'll live a good life. you could only be tolerating and getting through it.

it would be interesting to see a 22 year old who just received their box. i like where hank and amie's storylines are going and i'm curious to see where jack, javier, and anthony's gonna go, but i'm not really excited for it.

oh yes, I definitely will, without a doubt. I prefer knowing so I can plan accordingly. I'm curious to see what Jack and Javier decides as well but again, I don't really care about what happens hahha

I'm 52% in and I'm sorry to say but I'm not enjoying this at all. I'm sorry to do this but I think I'll dnf this :( I try not to dnf buddy reads but I am bored.