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Plot Summary of Obsidian Butterfly
"Anita Blake goes to New Mexico to repay the favor she owes Edward for killing his back-up. Lots of guns, hand to hand, two vicious serial killers, and the usual Blake wise-cracking. Readers learn more about Edward and his desire for a family, but the "boys" (Richard and Jean-Claude) are not present."
Christine G., Resident Scholar

"Anita Blake is a vampire executioner. She owes a friend a favor so he calls her to help solve some strange murders. The lucky victims are the people that actually died. However, there are some victims that are still alive. Anita believes they have been turned into zombie like creatures and she is the only one that can track the evil that has caused this terror. "
Sherrie L. Jones, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Obsidian Butterfly
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Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 30%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%




Tone of book - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy story on current Earth
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Horror story? Yes
Horror plotlets - vampires taking a quick bite

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - private investigator - champion of justice
Age: - 20's-30's
Has magical/special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - super strength - is very quick - healing
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - bulging muscles - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - none - an entire race
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - killer
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - can change shapes - super strength - can read emotions - is very quick
Eccentric: Yes - eccentric - obsessed - deluded - wild
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount - throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - bulging muscles

Setting
Terrain - Desert
Earth setting: - 20th century - current (early 21st century)
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - very explicit references to deaths and torture
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - description of breasts - descript. of private male anat. - descript. of non-breast female anat. - rape/molest (yeech!)
How much dialogue? - significantly more dialog than descript - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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