
Did their chemistry as friends feel believable to you? Why or why not?ĥ. What did you think of Alexandria’s dad?Ħ. Roland Mark’s decision to coerce Effie into keeping her pregnancy a secret is obviously unethical. Did knowing this affect how you viewed their interactions? Did their eventual romance feel earned?Ģ. What did you think of Ryann? Was her “bitch” personality realistic, given her life?ģ. What about Alexandria? Would you have given up hope before she did? Was it believable for her to have continued making her recordings for as long as she did?Ĥ. Ryann has collected a real motley crew of friends, who are all very different from each other.

What was your childhood obsession? Questionsġ. The book’s epigraph suggests that Ryann and Alexandria were going to be romantically involved. Ryan has been obsessed with space since she was a kid, and Alexandria’s obsessed with searching for transmissions from her mother’s spacecraft. There’s a scene of attempted sexual assault and mentions of the deaths of family members and stints in rehab in The Weight of Stars.
