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Book club questions for Regretting You by Colleen Hoover explore the meaning behind family, first love, grief, loyalty and betrayal.
How do we deal with grief? What does it take to give second chances? How can we let go of the past and move forward in life? What are the struggles of a mother when dealing with teenage love? How can we learn from our mistakes?
Regretting You is a Wall Street Journal bestseller, and a fantastic story love, grief, and family. The moments this story delivers are both heartbreaking and heartfelt, as the book explores regrets and second chances. I also believe this book is a wonderful introduction into the unique style of writing of Colleen Hoover.
Below are my book club and discussion questions for Regretting You! Personally I thought there are so many things to try to understand about this book and I deeply enjoyed the analysis I’ve had with my family.
Let me know your thoughts and be sure to discuss these questions in detail with your book clubs!
The Synopsis
Morgan Grant and her sixteen-year-old daughter, Clara, would like nothing more than to be nothing alike.
Morgan is determined to prevent her daughter from making the same mistakes she did. By getting pregnant and married way too young, Morgan put her own dreams on hold. Clara doesn’t want to follow in her mother’s footsteps. Her predictable mother doesn’t have a spontaneous bone in her body.
With warring personalities and conflicting goals, Morgan and Clara find it increasingly difficult to coexist. The only person who can bring peace to the household is Chris—Morgan’s husband, Clara’s father, and the family anchor. But that peace is shattered when Chris is involved in a tragic and questionable accident. The heartbreaking and long-lasting consequences will reach far beyond just Morgan and Clara.
While struggling to rebuild everything that crashed around them, Morgan finds comfort in the last person she expects to, and Clara turns to the one boy she’s been forbidden to see. With each passing day, new secrets, resentment, and misunderstandings make mother and daughter fall further apart. So far apart, it might be impossible for them to ever fall back together.
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Book Club Questions for Regretting You
1. There were many touching moments in this novel. What was your
favorite part of the story?
2. Early in the novel Morgan talks about how much she hates the swinging door
in her kitchen. What do you think is the significance of this door for the rest of the novel?
3. Where do you see the turning point of this novel? The car accident, the kiss shared between
Jonah and Morgan, or another part of the story?
4. Do you think Jonah did the right thing when he came back to get Elijah after discovering that
the baby wasn’t his?
5. Each of the characters in this novel encounter grief after losing a loved one. Where do you see
this grief and how does each character interact with it?
6. Clara and her mother’s relationship is very rocky throughout most of the novel. Do you believe
that is because they are so alike or because they are so different?
7. Do you think Morgan and Chris were justified in fearing for Clara’s future when she told them
she wanted to pursue acting?
Bonus Book Club Questions for Regretting You
8. What do you think of the relationship that Clara has with Miller Adams? Is it healthy?
9. This novel contains many tragic and emotional situations. Were there any moments that were
difficult for you to read or that you related to emotionally?
10. What message do you think author Colleen Hoover was trying to make in this novel?
Additional Recommendations
Hope you enjoyed my book club and discussion questions for Regretting You by Colleen Hoover! Here are some more of my book club recommendations.
Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score
Naomi wasn’t just running away from her wedding. She was riding to the rescue of her estranged twin to Knockemout, Virginia, a rough-around-the-edges town where disputes are settled the old-fashioned way…with fists and beer. Usually in that order.
Too bad for Naomi her evil twin hasn’t changed at all. After helping herself to Naomi’s car and cash, Tina leaves her with something unexpected. The niece Naomi didn’t know she had. Now she’s stuck in town with no car, no job, no plan, and no home with an 11-year-old going on thirty to take care of.
There’s a reason Knox doesn’t do complications or high-maintenance women, especially not the romantic ones. But since Naomi’s life imploded right in front of him, the least he can do is help her out of her jam. And just as soon as she stops getting into new trouble he can leave her alone and get back to his peaceful, solitary life.
At least, that’s the plan until the trouble turns to real danger.
Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover
After serving five years in prison for a tragic mistake, Kenna Rowan returns to the town where it all went wrong, hoping to reunite with her four-year-old daughter. But the bridges Kenna burned are proving impossible to rebuild. Everyone in her daughter’s life is determined to shut Kenna out, no matter how hard she works to prove herself.
The only person who hasn’t closed the door on her completely is Ledger Ward, a local bar owner and one of the few remaining links to Kenna’s daughter. But if anyone were to discover how Ledger is slowly becoming an important part of Kenna’s life, both would risk losing the trust of everyone important to them.
The two form a connection despite the pressure surrounding them, but as their romance grows, so does the risk. Kenna must find a way to absolve the mistakes of her past in order to build a future out of hope and healing.
Thank you for reading my book club questions and happy reading! ❤️