We hope these questions help guide your group's discussion of this comedic and uplifting book: just make sure everyone is okay with spoilers first!
- Which narrative and textual elements do you think make No One’s Looking feel distinctly Australian?
- What would you say the key themes of the novel are?
- Which genre do you think No One’s Looking fits into? What novels would you compare it to?
- Have you read Brooke Davis’ debut, Lost & Found? If so, how do you think it’s similar or different to No One’s Looking?
- Did you connect with one sister’s voice/perspective more than the other’s? Why or why not? How might the novel have felt different if it was told in first person?
- ‘Sometimes they both don’t want to be who they are. Who they’ve created for themselves’ (p154). Discuss this quote and how it relates to the sisters’ relationships with each other and their wider families.
- Did you find yourself thinking of Vicki and Susan’s choices as ‘right’ or ‘wrong’, or do you think it’s left up to the reader’s own interpretation? Did any particular moments in the novel test your judgement?
- Discuss Vicki’s fascination with true crime. What do you think about the rise of the true crime genre in popular culture? Do you listen/watch/read it? Why or why not?
- The sisters have different experiences within their respective marriages. Do you think they’re in healthy and happy relationships? Why or why not?
- How does No One’s Looking explore the themes of motherhood, ageing and identity? Did you find the book relatable? Why or why not?
- Several of the chapters start with tennis scores. Why do you think Brooke Davis chose to do this? How does it relate to Vicki and Susan, and how did it affect you as a reader?
- Pick a character (good examples to try could be Susan, Vicki, Alan, Gretel or Gavin) and consider if and how your opinion of them changed as a result of the events in No One’s Looking.
- What do you think the future looks like for Susan, Vicki and their families, and why?
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From the internationally bestselling author of Lost & Found comes a comedic and uplifting novel that brings home the secret rage of women through a lively suburban family and the brawling love between two middle-aged sisters - who no one is looking at anymore.
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