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Plot Summary of Blood Games
"Five women who have been best friends since college are getting together for their annual vacation. This year it is Helen's choice. She is interested in the bizarre and The Totem Pole Lodge seems like the perfect choice for this year's trip. The abandoned hotel has a terrible history of lodgers having been killed by a mass murderer. The girls are having a blast until they realize that they aren't alone. After deciding to stay the night and leave in the morning, they find the keys to be missing. When morning comes, one of the girls is gone and the others set out to find her. The same thing that happened twelve years before is happening again by the hands of the same killer. The remaining four girls go through a series of events that make their college adventures pale in comparison. Through friendship and a search for justice, the girls are determined to find the person responsible for the death of their friend and when they find him, they will make him pay."
Alicia, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Blood Games
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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 - 30%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 30%




Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Horror Story? Yes
Horror plotlets - the mad stabber chased me!

Main Character
Gender - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - just the right amount
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - a teen
Eccentric: Yes - mentally ill
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - almost none
Motive of antagonist - kicks
The antagonists are: - rednecks
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Intelligence - Dumb
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
Misc setting - resort/hotel

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 2
Sex Yes
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - mostly dialog
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