I listened to this podcast for the first time today and am very disappointed by the review of The Lightkeeper offered by the women hosting. Obviously, not every book is a good fit for every reader, and we all have books we dislike. It seems extraordinarily uncharitable, however, to “promote” a book by spoiling its ending in a podcast to which the target audience listens. Why would anyone buy this book after listening to this episode and hearing how the book ends? I appreciated some of the discussion about the themes and respect the differing opinions about the quality of the book. It doesn’t seem, however, that the women hosting prepared for this episode - they didn’t clearly remember all aspects of the book, they at times lacked the vocabulary to discuss some of the events that happened, and, most importantly, they didn’t think through how to have this discussion without ruining the ending for every potential reader. I am certainly glad I’m not the author because I can’t imagine what this episode may do to book sales.
