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Plot Summary of Fatality
"Four years ago a woman was murdered and Rose Lymond was connected. Now, when Rose is 16, the case has been reopened and she is the most important witness. Rose kept a diary of that year and she'll do anything to keep the cops from reading it, including stealing a police car. As the events unfold, Rose realizes that her life is in danger. The person responsible for the murder would do anything to keep her quiet, including killing her."
Abby, Resident Scholar

"A young teenage girl is forced to relive a weekend from her past. Bad memories arise in the main character but, not the ones that everyone expects. "
Christine, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Fatality
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 35%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 25%




Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
How difficult to spot villain? - Difficult, but some clues given
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999 - present (2000-2010)
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 80%
Misc. Murder Plotlets - Proving innocence of very obvious suspect
Kind of investigator - police procedural, American
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 - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
Eccentric/Mental: Yes
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - none
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
Motive of antagonist - revenge
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting - fancy mansion

Style
Person - mostly 1st - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths? - 1
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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