6/24/2023 0 Comments Exciting times book endingWhat is your opinion of Edith? Were you frustrated by Ava's inability to commit?Ħ. How would you describe Ava and Julian's relationship? What, for instance, does Julian mean by this passage: "To be clear Ava: we're both dead behind the eyes, at least I can pay rent." And Ava thinks about Julian: "He doesn't want anyone to like him just for him" because he "wouldn't know what to do with the information." What do these statements and others reveal about the two of them-individually and as a couple?ĥ. Talk about how this tendency makes Ava an unreliable narrator.Ĥ. In the same NPR interview, Dolan also says that Ava is much better at thinking analytically about "things" than she is at understanding her own, or others', emotions. Author Naoise Dolan said in an NPR interview that Ava is a "somewhat repressed," young woman, who uses "dark humor as a coping device." What are some of the examples of her humor? Are there other coping mechanisms she uses?ģ. Do you find Ava a sympathetic character? At the beginning… by the end?Ģ. We'll add publisher questions if and when they're available in the meantime, use our LitLovers talking points to help start a discussion for EXCITING TIMES … then take off on our own:ġ.
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