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In many ways, John seems like a more suitable boyfriend for Lara Jean than Peter does. Why do you think that Lara Jean ultimately prefers Peter anyway? What do you think this makes her realize about love and dating?
How do you understand Genevieve, as a character? Do you find her completely unsympathetic? Why do you think that she is so unforgiving of Lara Jean?
How do you think that the retirement home internship is important to Lara Jean? How do you think that it gives her perspective on her own life?
How does social media serve to complicate Lara Jean’s romance with Peter? How does it highlight some problems that they have as a couple, and how are their ways of dealing with it different?
How is the treehouse important to Lara Jean and her group of friends? How has its role in their life changed over the years, and how does this reflect the changes among them?
Lara Jean is a Korean-American girl. How do you think that she understands her culture and ethnicity, and how large or small of a role do you think that it plays in the book?
Why do you think Lara Jean and her friends all decide to play a game of Assassin? How do you think it is different to play this game as a high schooler than as a middle schooler?
Near the end of the book, Lara Jean finds out a disturbing truth about Genevieve’s family life. How does this truth make her see Genevieve—and herself—differently?
Many of the adults in Lara Jean’s life—her father, her next-door neighbor Ms. Rothschild, her friend Stormy at the nursing home—are single and unattached. What sort of wisdom and perspective do they have to offer Lara Jean on romance and dating?
Lara Jean is close to her sisters, Margot and Kitty. In what ways are they important to one another? In what ways do they sometimes clash?
By Jenny Han