The Hunting Party Book Club Questions
Welcome to the Buddy Book Club – we have a light-hearted comedic podcast that covers a variety of books. The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley is a classic murder mystery whodunit. In the vein of Agatha Christie (we read And Then There Were None so we know all about the Queen of Mystery). This one take place in the snowy Scotish Highlands, so is the perfect book to read whilst curled up by the fireplace.
We did a full breakdown of The Hunting Party On two episodes (our first one we guessed the killer!). So, check it out if you’re interested.
Our book club questions try to be a little more outside the box/comedic than your typical book club questions – hopefully you enjoy them.
Book Club Discussion Questions – The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
-> What did you think of the second half of this book? We had high expectations after the first half, but it seemed to fizzle, do you agree or were you happy with how things wrapped up?
These murder mysterious rely so heavily on the ending, which makes them tough to know if you’ll like until the very end.
-> Miranda torches every bridge in the second half: assaults Mark by forcing champagne down his throat during Truth or Dare, calls Bo ‘pretty cool for a junkie’ after he kindly brings her water, and tells Katie she has “fried eggs for breasts. Is Miranda the villain or the MVP of entertainment?
Miranda is the type of person who is super entertaining to hear about, but not someone you actually want in your friend group.
-> Emma is Miranda’s stalker. They got drinks together. They went dancing together. Just the two of them. Miranda doesn’t remember any of this. But she DOES remember one photo from ten years ago with 20 people in it where Emma is in the background. Miranda even says “I’m good with faces.” How is this possible?
I’m good with faces, the one thing I actually brag about, and this is offensive for Miranda to say she’s good with faces.
-> Miranda accesses crappy Lodge WiFi from her distant bunkhouse and scrolls through Facebook to find photos from ten years ago. Any chance the photos are actually loading? Especially since its 10 minutes of her scrolling through old photos. Most unrealistic part of the book?
After the first couple pictures took forever to load I’d give up.
-> Ian and the owner are smuggling cocaine through the Lodge. It has absolutely nothing to do with the murder plot. What was the point of this?
Just a last minute red herring?
-> Emma learned to cook elaborate meals in college hoping Miranda would walk by, smell the food, and ask what she was cooking. Is this crazy behavior or actually really considerate way to make friends?
I ate ramen and cafeteria food in college so, if someone was making homecooked elaborate meals, I’d be best friends with them.
-> What is your feeling on playing truth or dare as 30+ year olds? Also, Miranda dares Katie to jump in the freezing loch. Katie does it to “show Miranda” something. How does that show Miranda something? Sounds like you did exactly what she wanted. Are you playing truth or dare in this situation and are you jumping in a freezing loch?
Crazy move by Katie, makes sense why they’re playing truth or dare.
-> Emma murders Miranda (strangulation), attempts to murder Katie (shooting), and only gets 4 years in jail. Keith: Is British justice too lenient or perfectly reasonable?
Sounds like a good weekend for Emma if we’re being honest.
-> Heather is a paramedic. Emma is about to shoot Katie (probably in the heart). Instead of letting Katie get shot so she can SAVE her with her medical skills, Heather somehow sprints through 3 feet of snow from up a hill and takes a gut shot herself. Heroic or stupid?
This would be like the medic in World War 2 taking a bullet for the soldiers, now no one can be helped.
-> When Katie hooks up with Julian outside, she says “I came embarrassingly quick”. Asking for a friend… Why would you be embarrassed as a girl about that? I think that’d be a pat on the back. Is this a thing?
As a man fortunately no girl has ever said this to me… How embarrassing right, right?
-> The sex-crazed, heart-eating, outdoor-fucking-in-the-snow Icelandic couple appears, eats a raw deer heart, disappears from the narrative entirely, and may or mayn’t be involved in cocaine smuggling. Why weren’t they part of the main story? Best characters in the book?
Is this how everyone in Iceland rolls? Hold on booking a flight.
-> Mark passes out drunk at parties and snores (established in first half). Then he upgrades from Emma (murderer) to a new girlfriend who looks like Miranda but probably isn’t a murderer. Pretty good weekend for Mark, right?
Or does being exposed as the guy who passes out and snores make it overall a tough weekend?
-> Who would you cast in a movie version of this book?
We do casting for books, check them out.
