Nordic Book Club discussion

Thank you to everyone who joined in for last night’s discussion on "Wait, Blink" by Gunnhild Øyehaug at Scandinavia House! We’d love to continue the discussion online. Here are some of the questions that interested us -- please feel free to add your own and share your thoughts!

1) How was your reading experience? Did you enjoy reading the book? What parts did you enjoy/not enjoy?

2) What did you think of Linnea, Sigrid and Trine?

3) What differences and similarities did you think were important about the characters?

4) What did you think of the author’s writing style and the use of an omniscient narrator?

5) What did you think of the secondary or supporting characters? Kåre, Robert, Viggo, Göran, Magnus, Elida and Wanda?

6) Did you connect with one character the most?

7) What did you think about the way Øyehaug talks about motherhood through Trine and other characters?

8) What did you think about the way each character discusses and thinks about art or films? Ex: Kill Bill, Vol. 2 or sunflower paintings.

9) What did you think about the books references to "Lost In Translation" and Dante’s "Divine Comedy" among others? What other references caught your attention?

10) How did you feel about the ending of the book?

Hello! I follow your book club from afar. I enjoy seeing which books you pick and the questions you share. I really enjoyed Gunnhild Øyehaug's Knots: Stories. I'm intrigued by Wait, Blink.

I host an online Scandinavian Book Challenge that some of your members may be interested in. You can find details here: http://www.avikinginla.com/scandinavi...

Thanks for sharing your reads online!

Patricia Zanuck

Patricia wrote: "Hello! I follow your book club from afar. I enjoy seeing which books you pick and the questions you share. I really enjoyed Gunnhild Øyehaug's Knots: Stories. I'm intrigued by Wait, Blink.

I host ..."

Sounds great. Thanks for sharing this with us Patricia!

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