SuitabookThe art of Lainey
Paula Stokes
- Reading
- Use the reading to compare Lainey’s different choices: pause at each new tactic and discuss what she hopes it will achieve and what remains uncertain.
- Themes
- Romance and pursuing an ex: After Jason ends their relationship, Lainey decides to try to get him back. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Strategy and other people: Lainey draws on The Art of War, recruits spies, and asks Micah to pose as her boyfriend to make Jason jealous; Bianca helps her. These tactics are part of the plot; their consequences and the story’s judgement of them are unknown.
- Worth knowing
- The story begins with a sudden public breakup and includes spying and a pretend relationship intended to make an ex jealous. How these actions are treated is unclear.