Dream date

The book offers a useful starting point for discussing how wanting attention or change can leave someone vulnerable to control. Katie’s attempts to test, document and resist Heath also create a clear suspenseful problem to follow.

Expect threatening behaviour, manipulation, loss of control, injuries, fire, exhaustion and frightening uncertainty about reality.

If Katie’s difficulty trusting her own experience feels unsettling, what helps the story make that uncertainty compelling rather than simply confusing? Does her response to Heath change how you view the wish to be noticed?

For a reader who enjoys suspense, read in manageable stretches and pause after major reality shifts. Afterwards, compare which clues seem trustworthy; the ending and Heath’s explanation may invite discussion about plot logic.