Thirst Trap

Settle in with a mug: which house-share you have lived in (or visited) came closest to the one in this book, and what do you remember most fondly about it?

What was the first moment in this novel that made you laugh out loud, and were you alone or did you have to read it aloud to someone?

This book is full of small domestic comforts, kettles on, shared sofas, late-night kitchen talks. Which of those moments felt most like home to you, and why?

The friendships here are built on teasing, oversharing, and showing up anyway. Which friend in your own life does that for you, and did reading this make you want to text them?

Grief moves quietly under the jokes in this novel. Did the book handle that in a way that felt gentle to you, or did it catch you off guard?

Belfast is drawn with real affection here, pubs, bus routes, weather and all. What did the city feel like to you on the page, and what place in your own life has that same texture?

These characters keep reaching for the thing that numbs instead of the thing that heals, and the book is kind about it. Was there a choice that made you want to put a hand on a character's shoulder rather than judge her?

By the time you closed the book, what did it seem to be saying about how long you are allowed to stay stuck, and did you find that comforting or a little confronting?