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| Plot Summary of Desperation |
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"A group of people encounter an evil force in a small desert town. "
Robert A. DeFrank, Resident Scholar
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"Theres a place along Interstate 50 that some call the loneliest place on Earth. It's know as Desperation, Nevada. It's not a very nice place to live. Desperation is a story about a couple in love, a writer on a roadtrip and the man the man looking after him, a family headed for las vegas, a hitchhiker and the cop that brings them all together to the little mining town of Desperation, Nevada.
These people will all be brought into Desperation by the cop Collie Entragian. After they are all thrown in jail it's up to a little boy named Jack Carver to try to get them out and start the beginning of their trek to freedom from desperation and for finding the truth out about what happened in the past and whats happening in the present. If they stick together they just might stop the evil presence that haunts this town and is trying to kill them.
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James, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of Desperation |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 40%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 25%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 25%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10%
Tone of book
- sensitive (sigh....)
- scarey (primal ax-wielding fear)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- fantasy story on current Earth
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Horror story?
Yes
Horror plotlets
- the monster chased me!
- the bodysnatchers are coming!
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
- writer
Age:
- a kid
- 60's-90's
Has magical/special powers?
Yes
Eccentric:
Yes
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
- An "It".
Age:
- 20's-30's
- long-lived adults
Profession/status:
- slaver
- police/lawman
Has magical powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- can change shapes
- can talk to animals
- fire/thunder/weather cntrl
- mind reading
- mind control
- clairvoyant
- super strength
- can cast all sorts of spells
- can read emotions
- is very quick
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- deluded
- emotionally unstable
- wild
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an above average amount
- throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- physically sick
Setting
Terrain
- Desert
- Mountains
Earth setting:
- 20th century
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Style
Person?
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
scientific jargon? (SF only)
- none/very little science jargon needed
- some scientific explanation
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- descript of kissing
- descript of touching personal anatomy
- description of breasts
How much dialogue?
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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