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"Benny Poteat is a kind of construction worker--he works on towers, doing repairs. From such a height, he sees a lot of things. But he was not prepared to witness a girl set up a tripod with a camera to film herself as she walked into a river and drowned. Benny does nothing to stop her; maybe because he thinks it's impossible to get to her in time, or maybe for other reasons. He takes his time in going over to the river. The girl has left a bag full of eight films and a business card. Benny gathers all the evidence and hides it. He spends the next few months trying to unravel the mystery of the girl's life and death. He watches the tapes one by one and tracks down the woman on the business card (who is the girl's sister), befriending her in an effort to discover more about the drowned girl. He gets to know the girl's family, who is worried over her absence, and Benny must conceal the secret that she is dead. "
Cassie, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- present (2000-2010)
Internal struggle/realization?
Yes
Struggle over
- dying
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- blue collar
Age:
- 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- natural phenomena
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 3 (some)
United States
Yes
The US:
- Deep South
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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