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"A psychiatrist's daughter was kidnapped by her ex-husband years ago. When the daughter is finally found, the real fight begins. One by one the people who held her captive become mysteriously tortured and killed. Everyone is afraid the young girl will be next.
The mystery unravels as to what happened to the young girl while she was kidnapped. The young girl, Melanie, is unable to speak, but her mother soon learns that the young girl went through extreme torture as her father used her for a rat in his experiments.
Since her mother is a psychiatrist, she takes leave from work to try to help her daughter recover. One by one everyone involved by the experiment is killed, and soon a mysterious power catches up to Melanie and her mother, and then they realize the mysterious monster is Melanie herself. Will Melanie's mother be able to save her from herself and bring her back from the tortures she had to endure while kidnapped?
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Sarah V. Richard, 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 - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%
Tone of story
- scarey (primal ax-wielding fear)
How difficult to spot villain?
- Challenging
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 50%
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Horror Story?
Yes
Horror plotlets
- body snatchers/mind control
Crime Thriller
Yes
Crime plotlets:
- escape/rescue from kidnappers
General Crime (including known murderer)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Age:
- a kid
How much violence does he/she use?
- a tremendous amount
Intelligence
- Genius (really!)
Main Adversary
Age:
- a kid
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- mind control
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a substantial amount
Motive of antagonist
- revenge
The antagonists are:
- evil doctors
Setting
United States
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very gorey references to deaths/dead bodies and torture
Unusual forms of death
- crushed
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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