AI Book Club: When Claude Becomes Your Lit Professor
From the Mindstream ezine: AI USE CASES AI Book Club: When Claude Becomes Your Lit Professor What if you wanted to discuss a book with someone, but don’t have the time or the pacing for an actual book club? (Or, if you’re interested in a title that would be hard for others to get into?) Meet your new favourite reading buddy: Claude. Now, you can be the boss of your own book club while also participating in it, too. Upload a few chapters, ask a few good questions, and watch it turn into a caffeinated English major with a minor in existential dread (or, your opinionated next-door neighbour). What you can actually do Claude can analyse pretty much anything: - Symbolism – color motifs, nature themes, repetition - Pacing & structure – where tension rises or drags - Character arcs – subtext, contradictions, growth - Tone & mood – why that dinner scene feels unsettling You can even invent your own book club cast. Just give each participant a personality and a perspective to keep the debate interesting. Go chapter by chapter, by theme, or tackle the whole book if you’ve already read it.