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Plot Summary of Killing Me Softly
"The story of how a young city woman leaves the norms of life after a chance encounter with a young mysterious stranger with a dangerous background who she later marries."
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Review Analysis of Killing Me Softly
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%




Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story: - present (2000-2010)
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes
If story PRIMARILY about main chr. being hunted... - hunted by dangerous boy/girlfriend/spouse

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - business executive
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental: Yes
Eccentric: - obsessed - emotionally unstable
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - a little
Ethnicity/Race - British
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - explorer
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed - deluded - wild - eccentric - mentally ill - emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
Motive of antagonist - power
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - bulging muscles

Setting
Mountains/Cliffs Yes
Mountains: - climbing on trails - climbing with ropes - falling off
City? Yes
City: - London

Style
Person - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - actual description of sex - descript. of breasts - descript. of other female areas - descript. of male nudity
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Unusual forms of death - dropped from large heights
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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