Pro tip: my lit teacher in Tulsa swore the book was always better, then I read the ending of the movie version
She promised the novel was way deeper but the film cut a 40 page funeral scene and somehow the story hit harder without it. Now our club argues for 2 hours every month over which one to pick, and I bring the popcorn every time.
Forty pages of funeral scenes sounds like a snooze fest anyway. Tulsa lit teachers love their deep cuts, but sometimes less really is more. Your club needs a tiebreaker rule, like whoever brings the popcorn picks.