Discussion Questions
Use our LitLovers Book Club Resources; they can help with discussions for any book:
• How to Discuss a Book (helpful discussion tips)
• Generic Discussion Questions—Fiction and Nonfiction
• Read-Think-Talk (a guided reading chart)
Also consider these LitLovers talking points to help get a discussion started for Whiteout:
A special thanks to LitLovers reader Bethany McDonough for her generoisty in offering the following questions. She developed and used them on behalf of her book club. Thanks Bethany!
1. How does the first sentence "TWO tired men looked at Antonia Gallo with resentment and hostility in their eyes" set the tone of the book?
2. Why did the author structure the book the way he did—24 hours, detailed hour-by-hour?
3. Do any of the characters remind you of people you know or characters from other books?
3. Toni’s intrapersonal struggles and potential/former love interests are mentioned throughout the entire story. What effect do these these relationships (with Stanley, Frank, and the news reporter) have?
4. What are your thoughts on Kit and his family members’ ability or inability to forgive him of his actions?
5. Do you have a “black sheep” in your family?
6. Craig and Sophia struggle to find a private place for intimacy. Do you have a similar story?
7. Is the ending, set in the tropics a year later, satisfying? If not, how would you change it?
8. How does this book compare/contrast to Follett's other novels?
(Questions provided to LitLovers by Bethany McDonough. Please feel free to use them, online of off, with attribution. Thanks.)
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