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Plot Summary of Face of Fear
"This book is a real "page-turner"; I was hooked within the first chapter. It is a story about a clairvoyant who aids the police in homicide cases; He sees the faces of the victims. Except that one day, he sees his own face as the victim. Who is the killer? Can he change his fate? read and find out!"
lisa demayo, Resident Scholar

"Two lovers are endangered in a tall New York building and the man has to face his fear and climb down the side of the building to escape a killer who is obsessed with taking over the world."
Kris, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Face of Fear
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%




Tone of story - scarey (primal ax-wielding fear)
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Kind of investigator - psychic investigator
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes
If story PRIMARILY about main chr. being hunted... - hunted by killer/stalker

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - journalist
Age: - 20's-30's
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - clairvoyant
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - a little
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic - missing body parts/abilities

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - killer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a substantial amount - a lot
Motive of antagonist - power
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - bulging muscles

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
How many deaths? - 8 or more
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - actual description of sex - descript. of breasts - descript. of male nudity - rape (yeech!)
Unusual forms of death - run over
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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