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Characters |
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The Folly –
resort, 10 rooms Aoife –
wedding planner Freddy – cook,
former student at Trevellyan Will Slater
and Julia Keegan – bride and groom Will –
reality TV star, “Survive the Night” Julia –
online magazine, “The Download” Olivia –
Julia’s sister Mr. Stater -
Will’s father, headmaster at Trevellyan Charlie and
Hannah Charlie –
Julia’s best friend, groomsman Alice –
Hannah’s sister Groomsmen –
students from Trevellyan: Johnno – best
man, worked at an adventure center Femi –
surgeon Angus - works
in father’s development fund Duncan –
venture capitalist Peter –
advertising Piers –
producer of Will’s show Darcey Malone
“Loner” – killed by Will and Johnno at Trevellyan, Aoife’s brother |
For Discussion:
NOTE: Page numbers are from the hardback edition.
1.
If you read The Dictionary of Lost Words,
by Pip Williams, historical fiction about the writing of the Oxford English
Dictionary, what did you think when you read the word “knackered “ in this
novel?
2.
Were there any positive characters in the
story? What about Hannah who tried to
help Olivia, or her husband Charlie?
3.
Many of the characters were hiding things;
Olivia hid from Jules that she knew Will, Will hid the same thing from Jules as
well as keeping the truth about the TV show from Johnno. Were there any other secrets?
4.
Did you think Olivia and Will should have told
Jules about their relationship? Would it
have mattered?
5.
Why do you think they did what they did to
Charlie at the stag party?
6.
Did your thoughts about the characters change as
you read through the novel?
7.
As you were reading, who did you think wrote the
note to Jules? Did your ideas change?
8.
Did you like the way the author hinted at things
and made the reader want to find the answers?
Were all of your questions answered?
For example, from Johnno’s chapters:
a. Page
88: “Ah, so he didn’t tell her anything about what went down…The less said
about all of that the better.”
b. Page
94 about the reunion of the school friends: “When we get together there’s this
kind of pack mentality. We get carried
away.”
c. Page
113: “And the sound of the waves there, too…Reminding me to keep the secret.”
9.
Why did the students at Trevellyan do the things
they did? Do you think the
administration knew what was going on, and perhaps what really happened to
“Loner”?
10.
Will turned out the be an evil character: he
killed Loner, had an affair with Olivia and did not tell Jules, dated Alice and
posted a hurtful video on line, and lied to Johnno about Piers’ interest in
having him on the show. Did he have any
redeeming characteristics?
11.
Were you surprised at the ending? Did you think the author should have given
the reader some hints earlier in the story?
12.
Would you have gone to a wedding at The Folly?
