Easy for you to say. It's not one of your favorite stories being so easily dismissed.

I'm sorry darling I thought the only person I might offend here was the writer. It didn't cross my mind that you liked this story so much, criticizing it would affect you.

But I'm blunt in my opinions, alays have been. "Merciless, brutal criticism involving burning smartassery" Aloysia used to call it. And years of being on Haven where you couldn't voice a single criticism makes me enjoy the freedom of speech I have in this book club like you wouldn't believe. So I guess I just took the ball and ran with it on that one.