2025 Reading Challenge discussion

This thread is to discuss Less, the first book in the Arthur Less series by Andrew Sean Greer.

Pages: 273 pages

Length: 1 month (April)

Participants: Beth, Thieryn

Everyone reads at their own pace during a Buddy Read. Because participants can be at different parts of the book at different times, it is extremely important to mark spoilers so that the book is not ruined for someone who is not as far along as others!!!

Mark spoilers by placing {spoiler} before the text and {/spoiler} after the text but use the < and > instead of the { and }.

Here are some questions to help get the conversation started! Feel free to look up discussion questions specific to this book or come up with your own. Just make sure any questions that contain spoilers are under spoiler tags.
Discussion questions are not required but may be a fun way to talk about the book and get to know each other!

Prior to starting:
What prompted you to join this buddy read?
Have you read this author before? What do you think of their other books?

Mid-read:
What character or ideas do you relate to the most and why?
Do you have any favorite quotes or scenes?

After reading:
What was enjoyable or not-so-enjoyable about this book?
Did this book change your perception about anything, either within the book (character development) or in real life?

I'm about 35% into the book, just finished the "Less Italian" chapter.

I haven't decided if I like the book or not. It's feeling a bit disjointed, and I'm not 100% sure I'm getting "the point" of the story yet, but I'm in for the ride and interested to see how it plays out.

I chose to read this book because the synopsis drew me in. I'm not sure the book is living up to the synopsis in my expectations. That's not a bad thing; I'm just working on putting any further expectations aside and focus on what the book has to offer.

I've never read anything by this author before.

Finished today. This was OK, but I wasn't much invested in Arthur and his life. There was a lot that was moving about the story, and the writing was lovely, but all things considered, I was left feeling mostly not feeling much of anything. (view spoiler)[Until the end. How sweet! (hide spoiler)]

I guess I'll move ahead with book 2. You?