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Plot Summary of Dark Places

"After a violent attack on a small African village, the few survivors travel across country hoping to escape from their persecutors and find freedom. Mahlindi is a young girl who has lost her fingers to a machette attack, others have lost loved ones and hope. In deperation, some of the refugees seek love, others seek escape into death. Danger is never far behind the small party, the landscape is often hostile and potential enemies are all around. There is no explanation for this violence, but it is an ongoing reality in many countries none the less. "Dark Places" is a brutal, lyrical novel that is both uplifitng and deeply troubling.

Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout.

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Bryn Pearson, Resident Scholar

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Review Analysis of Dark Places

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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
War/Revolt/Disaster on civilians Yes
Conflict: - War, general

Main Character
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 8 (a significant amount)
Africa Yes
Kind of Africa: - Black Africa

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - very explicit references to deaths and torture
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - actual description of hetero sex - rape/molest (yeech!)
Unusual Style: - No single main character?
Is this an e-book? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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