| Plot Summary of Utopia |
|---|
"To many of us, the idea of an amusement park the size of a small town, using state of the art holographic technology is intriguing. However, in Utopia, the world's greatest amusement park, things are going horribly wrong.
A freak accident prompts the Park director to call in the programmer of the AI that controls most of the park's animatronics. He happens to be a former flame of hers, and this plays into his reasons for agreeing to her request. Bringing his daughter with him for what he expects to be a weekend trip, nothing more, Dr. Warne arrives to find that they want him to deactivate the system that he wrote to control all their robots. But things start getting hairy from there.
A terrorist, working for a rouge government, wants to steal the source code for 'The Crucible', Utopia's proprietary holographic engine. The reasons for this are never given in detail, but possibilities include counterfeiting, military uses, and so on. This man, never referred to by name, has orchestrated a series of accidents waiting to happen in the park, during a normal day, while crowds enjoy the rides and attractions. Unbeknownst to them, the park is a time bomb, waiting to go off.
Utopia is a thrilling read, a page turner form start to finish. "
Robert Romig, Resident Scholar
|
|
| Review Analysis of Utopia |
|---|
|
Our unique search engine provides a wealth of detail about books by breaking them down into many different literary elements, all of which are searchable (click here).
|
|
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%
Tone of story
- very upbeat
Time/era of story:
- present (2000-2010)
Spying/Terrorism Thriller
Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- preventing bomb/biohazard/disaster
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Who's the terrorist enemy here?
- generic terrorists
Search for technology?
- computers
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- computer programmer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How much violence does he/she use?
- a little
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- mastermind
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
Motive of antagonist
- money/treasure
The antagonists are:
- foreign organized crime
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Genius
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths?
- hundreds or more
A lot of techno jargon?
Yes
Kind of jargon?
- electrical engineering
Unusual forms of death
- boiling
- perforation--bullets
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
|
|
