Wilson County Public Libraries discussion

What is your opinion on the author's setting? Real or Fiction?

I'm not really answering the question, I know, but it was the setting that attracted me to the book in the first place.

It is real, and fascinating to Google.

The setting is real. If you google Kamchatka you will find that it is a beautiful, isolated land.

Why is this book named, “Disappearing Earth”?

I think the setting is real. It makes you feel cool to have a setting in the snow.

Maybe because the area of the searches keeps narrowing or because of the story Sophia is telling Alyona.

Do you think Yegor took Oksana's dog Malysh? The dog might have been able to identify his smell from the kidnapping. Afterall he took Lilia to look after the girls.

Julia wrote: "Do you think Yegor took Oksana's dog Malysh? The dog might have been able to identify his smell from the kidnapping. Afterall he took Lilia to look after the girls."
Good observation, Julia!

I wonder if the ending could be the connection to a sequel?

That's possible. It does leave the door wide open. I would be interested to read it. This was a very fast passed book.
How sad that they were right there along, almost a year. One mom never gave up, the other moved on. I think that's why the girls mom got more help from the police. She kept nagging them. The police could have done a better job too. I see now how the characters lives are intertwined.
Why do the women want to leave their lives? That seems to be a common theme among each family.

I also wondered about the book title. Julia, I like your answers. I also thought maybe because there are hundreds of volcanoes on the peninsula that it could eventually disappear.

I wondered why the last chapter, where the girls were talking, had no quotation marks, unlike the rest of the book. Was it a dream? Was their conversation not real?

I agree the tale about the tidal wave destroying the small village tied into the title. I also wonder if the story and the title emphasize the uncertainly of our foundations, the uncertainty of life itself.

I thought it might be a dream also.
I see now, that I finished the book, why the Golosovsky girls are important to the story line.