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"Thurston house is about a business man who loses wives and has a daughter. She is left alone to defend her father's mines and business. She keeps her fathers business intact and has to fight to keep the peace. She has a son and spoils him rotten. Later on he fights her to have his way and she is left with no choice but to go against him to keep what's hers and was her fathers."
Carmen, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- upbeat
Time/era of story
- 1930's-1950's
Life of a profession:
- businessman, big
Family, struggle with
Yes
Struggle with:
- Son
Family, loving relations
Yes
Special relationship with
- father
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age:
- 20's-30's
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
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- bulging muscles
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- business executive
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a substantial amount
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- bulging muscles
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 10 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- licking
- rape/molest (yeech!)
Unusual Style:
- No single main character?
Amount of dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
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