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Jun 11, 2017
The Whistler Public Library and Armchair Books book club read "The Nest" in February 2017. We had an absolutely massive crowd for this book - 25 people, maybe? - and we all congregated for the same reason: to discuss how mediocre this book was. Most agreed that this reaction was probably caused by hype - this novel received so much attention and praise in 2016, and that set us all up for disappointment. We enjoyed discussing: - How $250,000 would change our lives - or not (quite an interesting question in an affluent town like Whistler) - Why the Plumb siblings made the decisions they made (wild speculation here), which were the most likable, and why (Stephanie, one of the only non-Plumb characters, was the unanimous favourite, along with Melody's teenage daughters) - New York as a character - this is one of our recurring book club discussion questions, since some authors incorporate their settings into the narrative SO well, and others...not so much.