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"The book tells the complete picture of a teenager suffering from a bipolar illness. It shows how he tried to fight this sickness. He even tried drugs when he was still a teenager. At the age of nineteen he died."
Mary Grace , Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Phys disability/mental struggle?
Yes
Struggle with
- mental illness
Period of greatest activity?
- 1950+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- musician
Age:
- a teen
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- mentally ill
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- physically sick
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 2 (a little)
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- Central
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
Misc setting
- Fancy Mansion
Century:
- 1980's-Present
Style
Person
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Book makes you feel?
- concerned
Is book humorous?
Yes
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- dying
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
Writer's slant towards subject:
- neutral
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of set of events during life
Is this a biography of several people?
Yes
If this is a kid's book:
- Age 16-Adult
Autobiography?
Yes
Pictures/Illustrations?
- More in color 6-10
Is this an e-book?
Yes
How much dialogue in bio?
- little dialog
A LOT of info about personal vices?
Yes
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 76%-100% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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