Monstress Reading Guide & Discussion Questions

Book Club Discussion Questions

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For supplemental discussion material see our Beyond the Book article, Lysley Tenorio and our BookBrowse Review of Monstress.

Please be aware that this discussion guide will contain spoilers!

1. The stories in Monstress feature characters who have immigrated from the Philippines to America. In these stories, what does it mean to be Filipino? What does it mean to be American?



2. The Beatles, comic books, and B-movies, and are featured in many of these stories. What does western popular culture represent to the characters in these stories?



3. We never learn the names of the narrators of "Superassassin," "L'amour, CA," and "Help." What is the significance of namelessness in these stories?

Unless otherwise stated, this discussion guide is reprinted with the permission of Ecco. Any page references refer to a USA edition of the book, usually the trade paperback version, and may vary in other editions.