The Amateur
Cut along the dashed lines and pass the cards around the table.
Grab a cozy seat. Where did you do most of your reading, and did the setting of this book pair well with your reading nook?
What is a small comfort (a snack, a blanket, a playlist) that got you through the tense parts of this one?
The country club world runs on appearances. When in your own life have you felt the pull to keep something polished on the outside, and how did that feel?
The protagonist is a young prodigy carrying enormous pressure. Did any of her moments make you want to reach into the page and offer her tea, and why?
Bohjalian writes ordinary people caught inside extraordinary trouble. Which character did you find yourself feeling most tender toward, even if you did not fully approve of them?
Golf, greens, clubhouses: this world can feel both idyllic and suffocating. What mood did the setting leave you sitting with when you closed the book?
Without giving anything away, was there a moment that genuinely unsettled you, and what do you think it stirred up personally?
The story lives in the gray space between accident, blame, and what people will do to protect their own. How did the book shift, even a little, the way you think about second chances?