General Questions
1) What was your favourite thing about this book?
2) Have you read any books in this genre before? If so, how did it compare to the general themes of this genre?
3) What other books did this remind you of?
4) Did you feel drawn into the book immediately or did it take a while to get into the story? What are your reasons for this?
5) If you haven't read any of Tracy's other books, does this book make you want to read them?
6) Did the blurb correctly portray the storyline?
7) Who would you recommend this book to and why?
8) Were all of your questions answered by the end of the book or was there anything you were left wondering about?
9) What did you find to be the biggest shock in this novel?
10) If you have read any of Tracy's other books, which one was this most similar to and why?
2) Have you read any books in this genre before? If so, how did it compare to the general themes of this genre?
3) What other books did this remind you of?
4) Did you feel drawn into the book immediately or did it take a while to get into the story? What are your reasons for this?
5) If you haven't read any of Tracy's other books, does this book make you want to read them?
6) Did the blurb correctly portray the storyline?
7) Who would you recommend this book to and why?
8) Were all of your questions answered by the end of the book or was there anything you were left wondering about?
9) What did you find to be the biggest shock in this novel?
10) If you have read any of Tracy's other books, which one was this most similar to and why?
Wall Of Silence Questions
1) What did you think about the ending? Were you shocked? If so, why?
2) Wall Of Silence makes use of modern day Facebook groups to show the online interaction between villagers – did this represent the reality of Facebook groups?
3) Was commentary from the Facebook group a successful way of portraying character personalities? Why was it successful?
4) There are many characters in this book – did you see yourself in any of the characters and if so, which one?
5) Were there any characters that you would like to know more about? If so, who and why?
6) Forest Grove's Utopian feel is a very important element of the story, What were your feelings about the village? For example, did you want to live there or did it make you feel uncomfortable?
7) Does Forest Grove remind you of anywhere you have been? If so, where and why?
8) What was the theme of Wall Of Silence? Was Tracy successful at conveying this?
9) Did you find yourself trying to figure out the truth? What were some of your theories and were they different to the outcome?
10) Does the perfect family exist? Does this book question your perceptions of people who seem to have it all in real life? If so, what elements of the book made you question this?
11) Which character did you empathise with the most?
11) Which character made you feel angry?
12) Were there any scenes in the book that played on your mind and got under your skin?
2) Wall Of Silence makes use of modern day Facebook groups to show the online interaction between villagers – did this represent the reality of Facebook groups?
3) Was commentary from the Facebook group a successful way of portraying character personalities? Why was it successful?
4) There are many characters in this book – did you see yourself in any of the characters and if so, which one?
5) Were there any characters that you would like to know more about? If so, who and why?
6) Forest Grove's Utopian feel is a very important element of the story, What were your feelings about the village? For example, did you want to live there or did it make you feel uncomfortable?
7) Does Forest Grove remind you of anywhere you have been? If so, where and why?
8) What was the theme of Wall Of Silence? Was Tracy successful at conveying this?
9) Did you find yourself trying to figure out the truth? What were some of your theories and were they different to the outcome?
10) Does the perfect family exist? Does this book question your perceptions of people who seem to have it all in real life? If so, what elements of the book made you question this?
11) Which character did you empathise with the most?
11) Which character made you feel angry?
12) Were there any scenes in the book that played on your mind and got under your skin?