With the premise 'So, that was such a racy and shocking book at that time, and so, of course, we had to read it.', is 'We had to read the book but we thought it was very interesting.' simply an unrelated statement?
So, that was such a racy and shocking book at that time, and so, of course, we had to read it.###We had to read the book but we thought it was very interesting.