The Heist by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg Questions 1) Overall what did you think about the book? Was it Good, Bad, slow, fast, boring, funny, hard to get into? 2) What was your personal favorite character in this book? 3) What did you think of the relationship between Kate and her father? 4) Kate and her sister, Megan? 5) Kate and Nick? 6) Do you think that Boyd was overacting, with Neal, and should have ruined the whole plot? 7) Do you really think there are sixteen ways to kill a man with eyebrow tweezers? 8) What do you think about the scene about the corpse flower? (Amorphophallus titanum) 9) Do you think Kate may have gone to extremes just to get Fox? ex: Crashing a bus into him, skydiving in the middle of the night onto an island forbidden to women? 10) Who was your favorite character? 11) Who is the most memorable character of the group they hired? 12) Do you find Fox’s constant use of TV show characters names makes him obvious? 13) Do you think it’s just money that drives Willie, Tom, Chet, and Boyd to accept these dangerous missions? 14) Did Chet make you believe that the shootouts were real? 15)Though Tom didn’t play a big part (only fixing up the shack where Kate was killed, and the “Viboras main base”) he stayed and even helped by playing a bad guy, do you think it was he was getting paid,or that he felt indebted and had to since Nick saved his house from foreclosure, or do you think he did it for the thrill? 16) Same with Chet,(he was only needed for the special effects yet he stayed) do you think he did it just because he was getting paid, or was it for the thrill of something to do since he was out of a job? 17) What do you think about Derek Griffin? 18) Do you think that Neal Burnside had a valid point for leaving the district attorney's office, or do you think that he was just greedy? 19) The book is the first in a series, who would you like to see come back? Why? 20) Kate eats like she does but never seems to care except when Nick tries to get her to wear expensive clothes, does this make her seem more realistic? 21) “Be the bus, be the bus” What is your favorite line(s) from the book? 22) What do you think of Dumah’s betrayal? 23) What did you think of Derek using the name Daniel Dravot? (From Rudyard Kipling’s The Man Who would be King) 24)What did you think about Bob? 25) What do you think will happen to Bob and his people? (do you think any escaped?) 26) Do you think they would have been fine if Jake had not shown up at the end? 27) Knowing that they were conned do you think they could use any of it for self defence?
1) Overall what did you think about the book? Was it Good, Bad, slow, fast, boring, funny, hard to get into?
2) What was your personal favorite character in this book?
3) What did you think of the relationship between Kate and her father?
4) Kate and her sister, Megan?
5) Kate and Nick?
6) Do you think that Boyd was overacting, with Neal, and should have ruined the whole plot?
7) Do you really think there are sixteen ways to kill a man with eyebrow tweezers?
8) What do you think about the scene about the corpse flower? (Amorphophallus titanum)
9) Do you think Kate may have gone to extremes just to get Fox? ex: Crashing a bus into him, skydiving in the middle of the night onto an island forbidden to women?
10) Who was your favorite character?
11) Who is the most memorable character of the group they hired?
12) Do you find Fox’s constant use of TV show characters names makes him obvious?
13) Do you think it’s just money that drives Willie, Tom, Chet, and Boyd to accept these dangerous missions?
14) Did Chet make you believe that the shootouts were real?
15)Though Tom didn’t play a big part (only fixing up the shack where Kate was killed, and the “Viboras main base”) he stayed and even helped by playing a bad guy, do you think it was he was getting paid,or that he felt indebted and had to since Nick saved his house from foreclosure, or do you think he did it for the thrill?
16) Same with Chet,(he was only needed for the special effects yet he stayed) do you think he did it just because he was getting paid, or was it for the thrill of something to do since he was out of a job?
17) What do you think about Derek Griffin?
18) Do you think that Neal Burnside had a valid point for leaving the district attorney's office, or do you think that he was just greedy?
19) The book is the first in a series, who would you like to see come back? Why?
20) Kate eats like she does but never seems to care except when Nick tries to get her to wear expensive clothes, does this make her seem more realistic?
21) “Be the bus, be the bus” What is your favorite line(s) from the book?
22) What do you think of Dumah’s betrayal?
23) What did you think of Derek using the name Daniel Dravot? (From Rudyard Kipling’s The Man Who would be King)
24)What did you think about Bob?
25) What do you think will happen to Bob and his people? (do you think any escaped?)
26) Do you think they would have been fine if Jake had not shown up at the end?
27) Knowing that they were conned do you think they could use any of it for self defence?