Holly @ the Book Binge is looking for Demon Angel discussion questions.
Holly’s book group is reading Demon Angel, and
I need book discussion questions. Do you know the kind I’m referring to? Here’s an example from Random House‘s website for The Road. Since I’m feeling decidedly unable to come up with intelligent questions, I’m asking all of you for help.
So, have you got any for her — questions that came up during your reading, or that you feel might spark an interesting discussion among other readers? And are there any you’d like me to answer?
Oh, fun. In no particular order:
-The balance of power in this book/series hinges on the rules about free will. Where is the line for Guardians and Demons between influencing human actions and interfering with their free will?
-Is/was Lilith evil? Is she lovable?
-Can formerly human Immortals – vampires, guardians, even demons – retain any shreds of their humanity? Should they? How does this feed their personal internal conflicts?
-Is Caelum a paradise?
-OMG, that scene against the door!? razor-sharp nipples??! o__O!!
@Nicola O.: Awesome. I will pass these on to Holly. I especially love the “is Caelum a paradise?” question. And I’m delving a bit more into the immortal/human question in the current book.
and LOL @ the razor nipples.
Thanks Nicola! These are excellent.
I also LOL @ Razor Nipples. That was actually the first question I thought of (wonder what that says about me @_@) but I discarded it because most of these ladies are…not spring chickens. I might be uncomfortable talking to the 80yo school librarian about Lilith’s Razor Nipples.
@Holly: 80 yo librarian? *gulp*
No one else is going to throw down? Is my writers’ workshop bossiness showing?
Another question I’m trying to formulate but can’t quite pin down is around the moral compass for the Guardians… do they have one? should they? are Guardians accountable to anyone… anything? Michael?
@Nicola O.: I think there are more over at Holly’s site.
re: moral compass — they each have their own, and they are only accountable to Michael in the sense that if they break the Rules, he’s going to force them to Fall or Ascend. So the Rules are the only hard guideline they have. It helps that they all become Guardians after giving up their lives to save someone else; there is already some aspect of selflessness in each one who is transformed. But not everyone who gives up their life for another person is going to be good at heart, of course.
Which means that there have been bad Guardians. It’s not something I’ll explore (much) in the main series, but I have been tossing around the idea for a novella.