Consider class and social power in the novel. How do the relative positions of the characters during Naomi’s childhood evolve when they are adults? How do they remain the same?

Why do Liv, Cass, and Naomi have such different reactions to coming forward about the existence of the skeleton? How do these reactions characterize their ideas of moral responsibility, loyalty, and self-protection?

What is the role of true crime media in the novel? How is the voyeuristic fascination with real violence similar to or different from the experience of reading a literary thriller like What Lies in the Woods?