Gilded Cage – Reading Group Questions

Gilded Cage – Reading Group Questions 1. Skill - the magic in Gilded Cage - is an incredible power. How would you use it, and do you think that being so powerful would affect your view of those without it? 2. Who is your favourite character and why? 3. When and where would you do your 'slavedays' - early or late in life, in a work town, or on an estate? And why? 4. The author is a journalist who has covered US and UK politics, society and economics. What real-life issues do you see reflected in the alternate Britain of GILDED CAGE? 5. What do you think is the most astonishing or frightening use of skill in the novel? 6. Is there a minor character you'd like to see more of in book two? And if so, who, and how might their story progress? 7. One character observes that ‘magic is like money’. The author’s inspiration for the book was the idea that 'money is like magic'! Do you agree, and if so, in what ways? 8. What plot development in the book most wowed you - and did you see it coming? 9. If you could actually visit a location in the book, where would you go? And why did you choose it? 10.If you could ask the author one question, what would it be?