Sometimes I'm asked the question, "What did you think of x?" X usually happens to be a long speech or a series of speeches on a subject, such as a book. The question addresses the entirety of the speech, with all its details. How is one to communicate every thought in response to every word, sentence, argument, and story/myth in a speech? The answer to that question seems to be: another speech.

Yet this seems silly and precludes dialogue between two people. Clarity of communication, disputation, and the open-ended nature of discussion are impossible if one person is passively letting a speech pour into his ears.

What is a better question?