The novel opens with Flavia going over the circumstances of her own death as she lies in a churchyard. What effect did this opening have on your reading, or your understanding of Flavia?2. In interviews, Alan Bradley has often spoken of Flavia’s idealism and how her extensive understanding of chemistry is offset by a complete lack of understanding about family relationships. Discuss Flavia’s place within the de Luce family.3. As Flavia shows Nialla and Rupert the way to Culverhouse Farm, they run into Mad Meg, who tells them, “the Devil’s come back to Gibbet Wood” and also quotes Matthew 10:16: “Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.” What does Meg mean? Do you think she is trying to give Flavia a clue about what she’s seen?4. The first two Flavia de Luce novels both deal, in part, with a crime occurring in the midst of a seemingly innocent pastime. In The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, it was stamp collecting. In The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag, it’s a puppet show.
What do You think about The Flavia De Luce Series 1-4?
