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"THE EIGHT is a thriller published in 1988.
The action takes place alternately during the French revolution and the early seventies of the 20th century. Mireille and Katy, the feminine heroes of the novel, will have to search for the legendary chess net offered to Charlemagne by the Moors. This chess net is believed to contain a coded formula that would give a terrible power to the one able to decipher it. But our heroes will soon understand that, by doing so, they will have to take part in a gigantic and mortal chess game whose pawns are human. "
Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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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:
- 1960's-1970's
Spying/Terrorism Thriller
Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- game where people hunted
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- computer programmer
Age:
- 20's-30's
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
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
Motive of antagonist
- power
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Africa
Yes
Part of Africa:
- Arabic Africa
Desert?
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths?
- 5-7
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
Unusual forms of death
- hanging
- decapitated
- perforation--bullets
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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