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Reminders of Him

by Colleen Hoover·67 discussion questions

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1.Kenna's very first act upon arriving in town is to go to Scotty's grave. What does this choice tell us about her state of mind and her priorities before she has even attempted to see Diem?

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Colleen Hoover's Reminders of Him is a deeply emotional novel about grief, guilt, redemption, and the fierce love between a mother and the daughter she has never truly known. When Kenna Rowan is released from prison after five years, she returns to a small town carrying the unbearable weight of having accidentally caused the death of Scotty Landry, the father of her daughter, Diem. Scotty's parents, Grace and Patrick Landry, have raised Diem in Kenna's absence and are determined to keep her out — a determination that feels, at times, both devastating and completely understandable. Into this standoff steps Ledger Ward, Scotty's best friend and the owner of the local bar, who finds himself caught between loyalty to the family he loves and an undeniable connection to the woman everyone else has written off. Hoover tells this story from alternating perspectives, weaving Kenna's letters to the long-dead Scotty throughout the novel to stunning emotional effect. The result is a book that refuses to let any character be simply a villain or a saint — only human, and aching with it.

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The novel opens with two strangers who are anything but — and the town of Hardin, Kentucky immediately establishes itself as a place where every wall has a memory pressed against it. Pay attention to first impressions, both the characters' and your own.

1.Kenna's very first act upon arriving in town is to go to Scotty's grave. What does this choice tell us about her state of mind and her priorities before she has even attempted to see Diem?

2.Ledger narrates his chapters from a close, immediate perspective, while Kenna's letters to Scotty give her chapters an almost confessional quality. How do these two narrative voices feel different from each other, and what does each style reveal about its narrator?

3.Kenna takes a job waitressing at Ledger's bar, not initially knowing who he is to Scotty's family. How does Hoover use this dramatic irony — the reader and eventually Ledger knowing something Kenna does not — to build tension in their early interactions?

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9-Week Schedule

  1. Week 1Chapters 1–7 — Arrivals7 questions
  2. Week 2Chapters 8–16 — Proximity and Distance8 questions
  3. Week 3Chapters 17–25 — Crossing Lines7 questions
  4. Week 4Chapters 26–33 — What We Owe the Dead7 questions
  5. Week 5Chapters 34–41 — Revelations8 questions
  6. Week 6Chapters 42–49 — Breaking Points7 questions
  7. Week 7Chapters 50–57 — Toward Forgiveness7 questions
  8. Week 8Chapters 58 to End — What Remains8 questions
  9. Week 9Review & Reflection — The Whole Journey8 questions

Week 2: Chapters 8–16 — Proximity and Distance

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1.Ledger knows who Kenna is before she knows who he is. How does this imbalance of information change the dynamic between them when they interact at the bar? When Kenna finally learns his identity, how does that scene land?

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Week 3: Chapters 17–25 — Crossing Lines

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1.The romantic tension between Kenna and Ledger moves from subtext to something more explicit in this section. At what moment did it feel inevitable to you, and at what moment did it feel like a mistake? Can it be both?

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Week 4: Chapters 26–33 — What We Owe the Dead

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1.Ledger's relationship with the Landrys is built on love, proximity, and a shared loss. In this section, cracks appear in that relationship. What specific actions or omissions begin to erode their trust in him?

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Week 5: Chapters 34–41 — Revelations

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1.When the Landrys discover Ledger's connection to Kenna, the fallout is significant. How do they respond, and does their response feel proportionate given what they know and what they fear?

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Week 6: Chapters 42–49 — Breaking Points

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1.Ledger and Kenna's relationship reaches a crisis point in this section. What specific action or revelation brings them to that point, and how does each of them respond to the rupture?

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Week 7: Chapters 50–57 — Toward Forgiveness

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1.The confrontation or reckoning between Kenna and the Landrys that has been building throughout the novel arrives in this section. How does Hoover stage it — what does she allow to be said, and what remains unspoken?

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Week 8: Chapters 58 to End — What Remains

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1.The novel's ending brings Kenna and Diem together in a meaningful way. How does Hoover handle that reunion — does it feel triumphant, bittersweet, or something more complicated? What emotional note does the novel close on?

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Week 9: Review & Reflection — The Whole Journey

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1.Which character stayed with you most after you finished the book — not necessarily the one you liked most, but the one who occupied the most space in your thinking? What is it about them that lodged there?

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