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Plot Summary of Notes on Falling Out of Love
"Martin Stark is a man who never lies. His friend David St. John has never been in love. David meets and falls in love with Tess. Tess meets and falls in love with Martin. Each character does extensive thinking on the nature of love and the various ways it falls apart. Each of the characters is deeply explored. Tess is mentally unstable and occasionally suicidal. She is driven to the edge, and she decides to end the situation in her own way."
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Plot
Tone of book? - depressed
Time/era of story - present (2000-2010)
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of romance: - love triangle/polygon
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Brain/Body disability? - mental illness

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - journalist
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 - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 2 ()
United States Yes
City? Yes

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing
Lot of foul language? Yes
Unusual Style: - a lot of flashback and forwards - No single main character?
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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