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"This book, that has almost 450 pages and takes just too
much to actually begin, is good, but not up to the best
by Nora Roberts. The killer is very obvious, and the plot
has some mistakes that makes it easy for the reader to
figure it out what is really happening. Also, Nora wrote
some melodramatic scenes we already read in a thousand of
books. But it's still a nice reading."
Marco Aurelio, Resident Scholar
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"Movie star Julie Turner is murdered allegedly by her husband. Sam Turner, Julies husband, is sent to prison for 15 to life. The night of the murder four year old Olivia sees her daddy standing over her bleeding mommy with the murder weapon ... The book soon goes on to when she is 12 and tells of her inner strugles... then on to 18 and finally 24 where the plot thickens and the monster comes back."
Amy, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of story
- Dry-cynical
- very upbeat
How difficult to spot villain?
- Difficult, but some clues given
Time/era of story:
- 1980's-1999
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 60%
Special suspect?
- relative
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller
Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- scientist
- wealthy
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental:
Yes
Eccentric:
- emotionally unstable
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How much violence does he/she use?
- none
- just the right amount
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
- long-lived adults
Profession/status:
- accused criminal
- artist
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a little/some
- an average amount
Motive of antagonist
- jealousy
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- druggie/wino disease
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
- California
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Mountains:
- climbing on trails
Forest?
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Misc setting
- prison
- resort/hotel
- fancy mansion
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
- very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
How many deaths?
- 2
- 3-4
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- licking
- descript. of other female areas
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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