1. What do you consider to be the major themes of Dead Daddy Issues?

 

2. Do you think Leia is responsible for her dad’s death? If so, why? How is Sadie responsible? Leo?

 

3. Discuss Leia’s motivations. Leo’s?

 

4. Reflecting on the Sparks Family and their patterns of generational dysfunction, do you think they’ve broken their patterns by the end of the book?

 

5. The discussion of fate comes up many times within the story. Do you believe in fate? If so, is fate changeable?

 

6. In your opinion, should a person be allowed to choose when and how they die?

 

7. Are you aware of any patterns in your own family? How have they affected the way you view the world and the choices you make?

 

8. If you were Leia, what would you have done?