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Plot Summary of Rose
"Rose and her mother are tired of moveing from town to town because dad gets bored in one spot. Rose's mom decides no more and puts her foot down. Dad once again wants to move but realized his family doesn't wants to follow. He decides to go on a hunting trip and it ends up his last. Rose and her mom are left with little money to get by. A stranger comes to visit with a shocking secret and an offer they can't refuse. Their financial troubles are over. Little do they expect there might be another motive behind this generousity from this women that befriends them so easily. I do not want to give away the secret. You must read this to find out for yourself. "
Sherrie L. Jones, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Rose
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Plot
Tone of book? - depressed
Time/era of story - present (2000-2010)
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Parents/lack of parents problem? - Dada gone

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - student
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - wealthy
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb: Yes
Eccentric: - obsessed - deluded - eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 4 (a fair amount)
City? Yes
City: - New York
Misc setting - fancy mansion

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - actual description of hetero sex
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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