How much politics do you like in your books?
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How much politics do you like in your books?
Do you like reading books that involves politics? If you do, how much politics do like in your books? If you don't, why not? Are you okay reading books that have a different political opinion than you?
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I agree! I feel the same way about it now. Its just another incentive for me to enjoy a story!Kinnera wrote:I love politics in novels. I think it brings intrigue to the plot and makes thrillers more interesting to read. There's always a degree of uncertainty because it's based on human characters and that makes it all the more fascinating.
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I read The Expansion (my review here forums.onlinebookclub.org/viewtopic.php ... mp;t=46456) and I thought the politics in it were really well done. There were really good, clear explanations of the Panama Canal's geo-political history, and very believeable speculative politics on what might happen in the event of a real expansion.
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Good point. We expect politicians to fix everything. While they can certainly make things better or worse, the world would be a much better place if each of us played a role in making it so.AliceofX wrote:Just politics is okay. It's an entirely different thing when the book is inherently political and the author is just preaching the correctness of his opinions. To me, politics is like the One Ring from LOTR. Everyone always thinks that if only the right person was wearing it then everything would be fine. It never works out that way.