Open Season by C.J. Box
Mystery Book Club
Open Season Discussion Questions
- What do you think of the 3rd person narration?
- Does the description of a bullet hitting living flesh seem like a good way to start a mystery?
- Did you expect the poacher to pull a gun on Joe Pickett in the Prologue?
- The next chapter starts with Joe making breakfast and doesn’t address how he survived, what do you think?
- Did you expect Ote to be the dead man in Joe’s backyard?
- Would having someone point your own gun at you change a person?
- From the Prologue and first chapter, do you like Joe Pickett?
- Are the excerpts from the Endangered Species Act at the beginning of the chapter interesting?
- Do the descriptions in the book make you feel like you are in Wyoming?
- What do you think of the scenes from Sheridan’s perspective?
- What did you think of Vern’s job offer to Joe to work for the drilling company?
- Does Joe’s mother in law seem like a caricature when you meet her?
- Does a triple funeral with a Ford F-250 rather than a vault seem odd?
- The book was published in 2001, does it feel dated?
- How creepy was the guy threatening Sheridan?
- Who is your favorite character?
- Does the state bureaucracy seem realistic?
- What do you think of a supposedly extinct species, the Miller weasel being the reason for murder?
- What did you think of the killing field of the last colony of Miller weasels?
- Did you expect Marybeth to be shot?
- Did you think that Vern and Wacey were the villains?
- Do you like seeing anything from Wacey’s twisted perspective?
- Was the last chapter which takes several months later a good addition?
- Did you like the book?
- Would you read more in the series?
Created by Michelle Haring