https://padlet.com/19493/DPBookClub Gutter Child by Jael Richardson en-us 2021-02-22 17:44:43 UTC 2026-01-06 20:18:26 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4da.png 19493 https://padlet.com/19493/DPBookClub/wish/1227801208 Add comments below or start new posts to add dimension to this conversation, as it happens!]]> 2021-02-22 17:47:44 UTC https://padlet.com/19493/DPBookClub/wish/1227801208 tamara_ray https://padlet.com/19493/DPBookClub/wish/1228812360 How did you experience the novel? Were you engaged immediately, or did it take you a while to "get into it"? How did you feel while you read the novel?]]> 2021-02-22 21:20:57 UTC https://padlet.com/19493/DPBookClub/wish/1228812360 tamara_ray https://padlet.com/19493/DPBookClub/wish/1228835652 Why do the characters make the choices they do? Are their actions justified? How does their past shape their lives? Do you admire or disapprove of them? Do they remind you of people you know?]]> 2021-02-22 21:28:25 UTC https://padlet.com/19493/DPBookClub/wish/1228835652 tamara_ray https://padlet.com/19493/DPBookClub/wish/1228839964 Do you find the plot engaging? Or is the story driven by something other than the plot?

]]> 2021-02-22 21:29:53 UTC https://padlet.com/19493/DPBookClub/wish/1228839964 tamara_ray https://padlet.com/19493/DPBookClub/wish/1228843866 What themes does the author explore? Are there any symbols she uses to reinforce the story’s themes?]]> 2021-02-22 21:31:13 UTC https://padlet.com/19493/DPBookClub/wish/1228843866 tamara_ray https://padlet.com/19493/DPBookClub/wish/1228852017 What is your favourite passage? What passages strike you as insightful, even profound?]]> 2021-02-22 21:33:59 UTC https://padlet.com/19493/DPBookClub/wish/1228852017 tamara_ray https://padlet.com/19493/DPBookClub/wish/1228856897 Do you like the ending? Is the ending satisfying? If so, why? If not, why not...and how would you change it? ]]> 2021-02-22 21:35:41 UTC https://padlet.com/19493/DPBookClub/wish/1228856897 tamara_ray https://padlet.com/19493/DPBookClub/wish/1228865758 If you could ask the author a question, what would you ask? Have you read any other books by the author? If so, how do they compare? If not, does this book make you want to read more of her work?]]> 2021-02-22 21:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/19493/DPBookClub/wish/1228865758 tamara_ray https://padlet.com/19493/DPBookClub/wish/1228875985 Has this novel broadened your perspective? Have you learned something new or been exposed to different ideas about people?]]> 2021-02-22 21:37:52 UTC https://padlet.com/19493/DPBookClub/wish/1228875985 tamara_ray https://padlet.com/19493/DPBookClub/wish/1228968899 What other connections did you make to the novel? Do the characters, themes, or plot elements remind you of people, systems, or historical events?]]> 2021-02-22 22:08:41 UTC https://padlet.com/19493/DPBookClub/wish/1228968899 tamara_ray https://padlet.com/19493/DPBookClub/wish/1231443923 What do the various scars (X, XX, ◍) represent? ]]> 2021-02-23 14:02:20 UTC https://padlet.com/19493/DPBookClub/wish/1231443923 tamara_ray https://padlet.com/19493/DPBookClub/wish/1231450768 What poems does Richardson allude to? What significance do the poems of Langston Hughes have?]]> 2021-02-23 14:03:36 UTC https://padlet.com/19493/DPBookClub/wish/1231450768 tamara_ray https://padlet.com/19493/DPBookClub/wish/1231457023 What are your thoughts about the Gutter?]]> 2021-02-23 14:04:44 UTC https://padlet.com/19493/DPBookClub/wish/1231457023 tamara_ray https://padlet.com/19493/DPBookClub/wish/1232642227 What are your thoughts about the Hill?]]> 2021-02-23 17:24:30 UTC https://padlet.com/19493/DPBookClub/wish/1232642227 tamara_ray https://padlet.com/19493/DPBookClub/wish/1232643017 What are your thoughts about the Mainland?]]> 2021-02-23 17:24:39 UTC https://padlet.com/19493/DPBookClub/wish/1232643017 tamara_ray https://padlet.com/19493/DPBookClub/wish/1245926287 What are your thoughts about the red coat?]]> 2021-02-26 16:31:04 UTC https://padlet.com/19493/DPBookClub/wish/1245926287