The Procrastinators Book Club discussion

This is the group thread for The Ghostwriter

This thread is open for discussion beginning November 1st! Please keep in mind that spoilers are allowed (mark as a spoiler) in this thread but only up to the group's current reading place. Do not spoil the book if you've read further than the group. Any extra days of the month can be used to catch up if needed! Page numbers are an approximation based on the hardcover or paperback that is the default on Goodreads.

Week of 11/01
01: Pages 1-20
02: Pages 21-40

Week of 11/03
03: Pages 41-60
04: Pages 61-80
05: Pages 81-100
06: Pages 101-120
07: Pages 121-140
08: Pages 141-160
09: Pages 161-180

Week of 11/10
10: Pages 181-200
11: Pages 201-220
12: Pages 221-240
13: Pages 241-260
14: Pages 261-280
15: Pages 281-300
16: Pages 301-end


You can read the group book at any time during the month and at your own pace. This is the pace the group will be using, but if you read ahead or will be giving spoilers, please mark them (click the "some html is ok button"). If you have any questions a mod or another member can help you.

Till the end of chapter 3
(I'm on audiobook so unfortunately no page count but should be late enough in the schedule not to spoil anything.)

An intriguing premise, both Olivia and Vincent have a lot of questions to work through. I'm guessing with Vincents diagnosis his memory will be the hardest to figure out but Olivia herself was only a child when she found out about her families history and it will be interesting to see how much that kind of remembering can be trusted.

The idea of Olivia being cancelled while being accused of trying to cancel another author seems unfortunately very timely and the way she was hit financially must be especially grating considering the circumstances of the incident with the other author.

Chapter 4 to 10

I currently cannot see any way to get to a solution of the murder mystery that can be believable considering that both Vincent and Olivia have such holes in their memories. I'm not even sure if solving it is really gonna be the point of the story.

Olivia definitely missed the right point in time to tell Tom where she came from but its good that she has people like Jack on her side who might aid her in these more personal matters, if only she will let them.

Also I can't help but feel sorry for both Olivia and Vincent at this point, there is clearly so much unprocessed emotion in both their childhoods that neither one of them ever really had the chance to work through.

Chapter 11 to 19

Adding Poppys POV adds another layer to the intrigue, it will probably show later on why her specifically and not for example Danny or someone with an outside view.

As creepy as Vincents jealousy issues are considering he was just a teenager the way the teacher acted around Lydia was weird, icky and shady.
Which also leads to an interesting connection between Poppys activism for womens rights and Lydias rumored teenage pregnancy, as that seems like one of the catalysts to the catastrophe in the middle of this story.

While Olivias interest in the male author trying to insert himself into the writing of Vincents book is understandable it also feels like her trying to avoid having to focus on the issues right in front of her.

Planning to pick this up today!

Up to chapter 11 - why do I feel like Danny having killed poppy seems to convenient..enjoying the narrative so far!

Finished this - I enjoyed it overall but did feel like the big twist was predictable (at least to me) from too early on!

I did feel the writing was very engaging throughout

I also finished and I really enjoyed getting to the ending and finding out the solution for the murders.

It was well done the way the story developed dropping the various clues on figuring out how both the victims as well as the perpetrators and the solution to the murders made sense in the way the development of hints and revelations was written throughout the story.