The Witch
Cut along the dashed lines and pass the cards around the table.
Where did you do most of your reading, and did you ever have to put the book down and turn a light on?
What is the oldest house you have ever spent a night in, and did it make any noises you decided not to investigate?
Julia goes back to Pemberton because she has nowhere else to go. Have you ever had a place that took you in when you were at a low point, and how did being there actually feel?
The book treats a house as something you inherit along with its history. What object or story has been handed down in your family, and are you glad to have it?
The grandfather clock stopping at 3:41 a.m. is such a small, quiet detail. Which small eerie moment stuck with you most, and did you find it creepy or oddly comforting?
Reading about 1692 and a woman condemned by her own neighbors, what did you feel toward her? Pity, anger, protectiveness, something harder to name?
Families bury things to protect each other, or to protect themselves. Without giving anything away, was there a point where you felt real sympathy for someone keeping a secret, even knowing the cost?
By the last pages, had your feeling about Pemberton shifted? Did it still feel like a refuge, and would you have stayed as long as Julia did?