Reading group questions for We Were Sisters
- We Were Sisters is written from the point of view of Kelly as a child, as a teenager and as an adult. What are your thoughts on this?
- The novel is a psychological thriller but what you call a ‘slow burner’. Do you like this style or do you prefer your thrillers to have a faster pace from the start?
- Do you think the novel was plot or character driven?
- What would you say are the main themes of We Were Sisters?
- Who did you think wrote the letters and why?
- There are several twists in We Were Sisters. Did you see any of them coming?
- We Were Sisters is set in Brighton and the South Downs. How important do you think setting is to a novel?
- One of the themes of We Were Sisters is maternal bonding. How successful was the author in dealing with this topic?
- Did you find the main characters likeable? Is this important?
- Do you feel that Kelly made the right decision at the end of the novel?
- We Were Sisters in written from Kelly’s point of view. If you could hear the same story from another character’s point of view, who would it be?
- What feelings does the novel, We Were Sisters, evoke?
- If We Were Sisters was made into a film, who could you imaging playing the parts of Kelly, Freya and Mitch?
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