1. General Impressions

Gather initial thoughts and broad opinions about the book.

• Compare your reactions to the start of the novel with your reactions to its ending. How do you feel now about the mystery with which the story began? Were you surprised by the novel’s speculative approach to resolving that mystery?
• Did you find this novel’s explanation of the time loop confusing? Do you feel that the novel remained faithful to its internal logic? How much does consistency in worldbuilding matter to you when reading a novel?
• Jen references several films that use time loops as a narrative conceit, like Groundhog Day (1993), Palm Springs (2020), and Happy Death Day (2017). How would you rank this novel against those stories? Do you think that the author’s approach to the time loop is novel compared to its predecessors?

2. Personal Reflection and Connection

Encourage readers to connect the book’s themes and characters with their personal experiences.

• Jen identifies her maternal instinct to save Todd as the factor that unsticks her from normal time. What are the primary forces or instincts that drive your life? What would qualify as the sufficient force that places you in a time loop?
• Early in the novel, Jen wrestles with the multitudes contained by Todd.