SuitabookSanctum
Sarah Fine
- Reading
- Because suicide is part of the premise, consider checking in as you read and pausing if needed. You could also discuss how the book’s imagined afterlife differs from your family’s beliefs.
- Themes
- Friendship and suicide: Lela enters the gated city to try to find Nadia, who died by suicide. This premise puts loyalty and loss at the heart of Lela’s quest.
- Good, evil and the afterlife: The story imagines a dark city beyond gates, patrolled by Guards and threatened by Mazikin. The supernatural setting raises questions about how the story defines its afterlife and its moral divisions.
- Worth knowing
- Suicide is central to the premise; the book also contains threatening supernatural creatures, sexual violence and profanity.