The Witches of El Paso Discussion Questions
We finally finished reading the book! Here are the discussion questions.
As always, it took us a while, but we finished The Witches of El Paso by Luis Jaramillo. Reply back with your answers to the discussion questions and we will include them in the book club episode, can’t wait to hear your thoughts!
Discussion Questions
The book is set in El Paso, but in different time periods. It touches on El Paso’s proximity to Juarez, discussing a time when there was no border and after. Do you think this story could be set in another location and still maintain the same meaning? Or was it central to the story?
What did you think of Marta? Did she make any decisions that you didn’t agree with? Would you have done something different?
The story is multigenerational, through Marta, a lawyer in her 40s, and Nena, her 93 year old aunt, but we get multiple timelines, how did you feel about this? Did you want more from certain characters? Did it add to the complexity or confusion of the plot?
We follow the book through Nena and Marta, in different times, and who both encountered la Vista? Do you think the time periods they were in changed the way they interacted with la Vista? Do you feel they reacted similarly to it or not?
La Vista really just did what it wanted, what did you think of the different character’s interactions with it? Madre Inocenta, Sister Benedicta, Emiliano, Eugenia, all came in touch with it. What do you think you would have done with La Vista?
Were you satisfied with the book’s outcome or did you have any questions or doubts left unanswered?
The main characters of the book were women. What did you think of the different men in the story? How were they depicted?
What do you rate the book?