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Plot Summary of Endless Night
"Jody is pretty tough for a teenage girl, when a group of killers break into her friend's house where she is staying overnight she manages to escape with her friend's little brother. They hide out in the woods into the police arive but not before being chased by the group of killers.

They are put into protective custody but the killers are giving uo that easy, there's no way they're going to let a witness to their crime live.

Simon is one of the killers that night. His group blames him for Jody getting away. They tell him to find her or his own family will be tortured and murdered. Simon begins using a tape recorder to tell the story of their gang, a terrible, unmerciful group of killers that kill for the fun of it, while he is on the hunt for Jody."

Karen Billett, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Endless Night
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%




Tone of story - scarey (primal ax-wielding fear)
Time/era of story: - present (2000-2010)
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
The crook is.... - stalking/killing innocents
Crime Thriller Yes
Crime plotlets: - escape/rescue from kidnappers
Mostly a criminal POV story Yes
If story PRIMARILY about main chr. being hunted... - hunted by killer/stalker

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - just the right amount
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - killer
Eccentric: Yes - deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an above average amount
Motive of antagonist - kicks
The antagonists are: - cults
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Setting
United States Yes

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey references to deaths/dead bodies and torture
How many deaths? - hundreds or more
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - rape (yeech!)
Unusual forms of death - impaled
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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