Questions for Book Clubs<\/p>\n
1. How did you experience the book? Were you engaged immediately, or did it take you a while to
\n“get into it”? How did you feel reading it\u2014amused,
\nsad, disturbed, confused, bored…?<\/p>\n
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\n2. Describe the main characters\u2014personality traits, motivations, inner qualities.
\n \u2022 Why do characters do what they do?
\n \u2022 Are their actions justified?
\n \u2022 Describe the dynamics between characters
\n (in a marriage, family, or friendship).
\n \u2022 How has the past shaped their lives?
\n \u2022 Do you admire or disapprove of them?
\n \u2022 Do they remind you of people you know?<\/p>\n
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\n3. Do the main characters change by the end of
\nthe book? Do they grow or mature? Do they learn something about themselves and how the world works?<\/p>\n
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\n4. Is the plot engaging\u2014does the story interest you? Is this a plot-driven book: a fast-paced page-turner? Or does the story unfold slowly with a focus on character development? Were you surprised by the plot’s complications? Or did you find it predictable, even formulaic?<\/p>\n
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\n5. Talk about the book’s structure. Is it a continuous story…or interlocking short stories? Does the time-line more forward chronologically…or back and forth between past and present? Does the author use a single viewpoint or shifting viewpoints? Why might the author have chosen to tell the story the way he or she did\u2014and what difference does it make in the way you read or understand it?<\/p>\n
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\n6. What main ideas\u2014themes\u2014does the author explore? (Consider the title, often a clue to a theme.) Does the author use symbols to reinforce the main ideas? (See our free LitCourses on both Symbol and Theme.)<\/p>\n
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\n7. What passages strike you as insightful, even profound? Perhaps a bit of dialog that’s funny or poignant or that encapsulates a character? Maybe there’s a particular comment that states the book’s thematic concerns?<\/p>\n
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\n8. Is the ending satisfying? If so, why? If not, why not…and how would you change it?<\/p>\n
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\n9. If you could ask the author a question, what would you ask? Have you read other books by the same author? If so how does this book compare. If not, does this book inspire you to read others?<\/p>\n
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\n10. Has this novel changed you\u2014broadened your perspective? Have you learned something new or been exposed to different ideas about people or a certain part of the world?
\n(Questions by LitLovers. Please feel free to use them, online or off, with attribution. Thanks.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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