Open Mind Book Club for Women

About this event

Join us in a monthly book club to read and discuss books as chosen by the group. Meetings are held the third Tuesday of each month.

This is a reminder that our meeting for this month is this coming Tuesday (September 16) at 2:00 PM at the Harmony Center. We will be discussing, “The Salt Path.”

Our next month’s book is, “The Woman in Cabin 10,” by Ruth Ware. I have attached discussion questions.

Barbara has offered her home to us for our October meeting. Her address is: 102 Quail Meadows in Sequim. It will be a potluck. So, bring something yummy. 🙂

Here are some possible discussion questions:

• How would you describe the book? A roller coaster ride? Predictable mystery? Careful attention to detail? Just a fun read? Unexpected twists and turns? Not what I expected? Kept me reading and on the edge of my seat?

• Did you find Lo (Laura) a likable, believable character? Why or why not?

• What was the connection between the burglary at Lo’s apartment and the events on the ship?

• Which characters aroused your suspicions during the story? Who did you think was the woman in Cabin 10? Why? Did that change?

• What is Stockholm Syndrome and do you think that effected Lo and Carrie’s relationship?

• How effective were the email messages in moving the story forward? Were they necessary? Irrelevant. Red herrings?

• What was the connection between the dark haired girl in a Pink Floyd t-shirt on Archer’s phone and the woman in cabin 10? Was that photo relevant to the mystery or a red herring?

• Was Carrie a victim, co-conspirator or primary conspirator in the crime on the high seas?

• Why did Lo have a change of heart at the end of the novel and decide to move to New York? Did that seem like a normal response?

• What happened to the main characters by the end of the book? Lo, Judah, Richard, Anne, Ben, Carrie, and Johann? Others?

• How was the mystery resolved and were you satisfied with the ending of the story? Why or why not?

• Were there unanswered questions in the plot? If so, what wasn’t covered or finalized in the ending?