Banned from a book club subreddit for saying I skimmed the assigned novel

This was about 6 months ago on a sub for a famous book club. They assigned a 500 page literary fiction book about a family drama. I posted in the discussion thread that I only skimmed the last 150 pages because it was dragging. One mod replied saying I was 'disrespecting the community' and banned me permanently. Another user messaged me privately and said they did the same thing but just lied about it. Anyone else get booted from a reading group for being honest about how you read?

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gavin_kim325d ago

Eh, seems like a bit much for just skimming a book.

the_tessa25d ago

Did the mod ever explain how skimming was disrespectful, or did they just send that and lock you out? I'm curious if they had some rule about requiring detailed analysis or if they just took it personally. It sounds like the real issue is that some book clubs expect everyone to have the same experience with a book, which defeats the whole point of discussion.